“The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.”

— Bette Midler

From her album 'Mud will be Flung Tonight'

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American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian and film prod… 1945

Louise Rennison book Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Source: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

“THE ONLY STABLE THING IS MOVEMENT”

Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) Swiss painter and sculptor

Quote from Tinguely's letter to Peter Selz (1956); quoted in: Osbel Suárez et al. (2007) Lo[s] cinético[s]. p. 256.
Quotes, 1950's

“Part of what I wanted to do with Baby Love was to suggest that not only are you giving birth to a baby, but also you can use the experience to give birth to a new sense of yourself.”

Rebecca Walker (1969) American writer

On her book Baby Love in “'Can I survive having a baby? Will I lose myself ... ?'” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/26/familyandrelationships.family2 in The Guardian (2007 May 26)

“There are ideas within Buddhism that are so incredible as to render the dogma of the virgin birth plausible by comparison.”

Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist

Sam Harris, "Killing the Buddha" http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2903&Itemid=247 (March 2006)
2000s

“The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.”

Nicolas Sarkozy (1955) 23rd President of the French Republic

http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17994

“Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing.
Visions born of hope give birth to our success.
What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.”

Terry Brooks (1944) American writer

“Children are the world's most ardent traditionalists. They like things stable and categorized.”

Jane Espenson (1964) American television writer and producer

How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul (2005)
Context: Children are the world's most ardent traditionalists. They like things stable and categorized. They want to know what girls can do and what girls can't do. Television, like it or not, teaches them a lot of these rules.

“Fight only in direst need
Not for lust or petty greed
Honor those that do give birth
Respect them well for their full worth”

Anne McCaffrey book Dragon Harper

Source: Dragon Harper

“Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?”

Padre Pio (1887–1968) Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic

“The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?”

Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer

IX. On Providence, Fate, and Fortune.
On the Gods and the Cosmos

“The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.”

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