Quotes from woman
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Doris Lessing. b1919 British writer
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on woman. Nancy Astor (1879-1964) British politician
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. Marya Mannes. b. 1904 American writer
A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child has just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium. Mary Kay Blakely, b. 1957 American writer
Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age. Gloria Steinem
Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy
Dumbest thing men ever said about woman
The male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind....The lower sort are by nature slaves, and it is better for them as for all inferiors that they should be under the rule of a master. ARISTOTLE, Greek philosopher (384-322 BC)
Man, but not woman, is made in the image of God. It is plain from this that women should be subject to their husbands, and should be as slaves. GRATIAN, 12 th-century Italian theologian
Woman is nature, hence detestable. CHARLES PIERRE BAUDELAIRE, French poet and critic (1821-1867)
The husband hath by law power and dominion over his wife, and may keep her by force, within the bounds of duty, and may beat her, but not in a violent or cruel manner. FRANCIS BACON English philosopher and writer (1561-1626)
Nature intended women to be our slaves...they are our property, we are not theirs....They belong to us, just as a tree which bears fruit belongs to the gardener. What a mad idea to demand equality for women!....Women are nothing but machines for producing children. NAPOLÈON BONAPARTE, French emperor (1769-1821)
Man is the hunter; woman is his game: The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; They love us for it, and we ride them down. ALFRED,LORD TENNYSON
I didn't say a word. I went over and hit her. I certainly must have knocked a lot of teeth out of her. She ended up in a corner all in a heap. FRANK CAPRA, Hollywood director (It's a Wonderful Life.)
Slap her once or twice, but do not punch her. British judge CHARLES GARRAWAY disciplining a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend, in 1988
I don't support wife beating but I understand it. Late comedian SAM KINISON,IN 1989
What really causes marital abuse is small families. If all women had a lot of brothers, this would never take place.
A dead wife under the table is the best goods in a man's house. JONATHAN SWIFT in Polite Conversation, 1738
Women should be struck regularly, like gongs. NOEL COWARD, Private Lives, 1930
If you leave a woman, though, you probably ought to shoot her. It would save enough trouble in the end even if they hanged you. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, in a letter to his editor Maxwell Perkins, in 1943
I adore women. I am their total slave up to a certain point. I pamper them, cater to them, but when necessary, you have to bop'em. actor TELLY SAVALAS in 1975
Yeah, I hit her but I didn't hit her more than the average guy beats his wife. IKE TURNER in 1985, on his relationship with TINA TURNER
I'd rather be hit by a gorgeous man than an ugly one. actress ZSA ZSA GABOR in 1990
When you make them surrender to your power, that's sexy. actor RAY SHARKEY on what makes a woman sexy, in 1990
The guy has to have control over his woman. rap singer LL COOL J, in 1990
It ain't no big thing-I just threw her through the door. ANDRE YOUNG, rap singer, comment on events leading up to a lawsuit against in 1992.
My attitude is that if Picasso took a machine gun and cut down a line of grandmothers, okay, it would not affect my opinion of his art. CAMILLE PAGLIA
I made a good par at 18, so I won't go home and beat my wife. golfer JACK NICKAUS in 1989
Bottom line: Girls had it better from the beginning. Boys can run around fighting wars for made up reasons with toy guns going kksshhkksshh and arguing about who was dead, while girls play in the house with their dolls, creating complex family groups and solving problems through negotiation and role-playing. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess? GARRRISON KEILLOR in The New York Times, 1992
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