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Rats Quotes - Page 2

If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.

"Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences". Robert M. Sapolsky's lecture at Washington State University, October 10, 2001.

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.210, Random House

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.

Morrie Schwartz (2011). “Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man”, p.3, Pan Macmillan

A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.

Margaret Atwood (2012). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.143, Random House

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.

Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.88, A&C Black

Every time you go to a party and take a picture and post that picture to Facebook, you're being a rat. You're being a narc.

"Julian Assange: 'When you post to Facebook, you're being a rat'" by James Camp, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2014.

The same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay.

Song: How Can We See That Far, Album: Heart in Motion, 1991

Bureaucrats shouldn't be in charge of comedy.

"Interview: John Cleese and Eric Idle, founding members of Monty Python". Interview with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. February 18, 2016.

You're a mouse studying to be a rat.

Quoted in Alva Johnston, The Legendary Mizners (1953)