“My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?”

— Erma Bombeck

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope… 1927–1996

Masashi Kishimoto (1974) Japanese manga artist

“It doesn't smell of sulphur any more. No, it smells of something else. It smells of hope, and you have to have hope in your heart.”

Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela

Speech at the U.N, welcoming the Obama administration. (September 2009) BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20712033
2009

“If you don’t care about my people, why should I care about yours?”

Octavia E. Butler book Adulthood Rites

Part II “Phoenix” chapter 15 (p. 383)
Adulthood Rites (1988)

“There is a programming smell here… which is kind of like the smell in your refrigerator, you know. There's a sign that there's something wrong, but you can't quite put your finger on it. But you know if you leave it there, its only going to get worse.”

Ward Cunningham (1949) American computer programmer who developed the first wiki

Geek Noise (2004)

“If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.”

David Levithan book Every Day

Source: Every Day

“A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.”

Beverly Sills (1929–2007) opera soprano

As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399

“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country”

Harvey Milk (1930–1978) American politician who became a martyr in the gay community

From a tape recording (1977-11-18) to be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), pp. 372. Milk made three recordings for this purpose; these words come from the version given to Frank Robinson.