Reserved/economic

Famous quotes containing the words reserved and/or economic:

“This is that which we call Character,—a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Three factors—the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at work—have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)