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Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

Shana Alexander: What troubles me...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The chief prerequisite...

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible...

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Brenda Ueland: The only good...

Brenda Ueland: The only good...

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or...

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Hannah More: Goals help you...

Hannah More: Goals help you...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Miriam Beard: Certainly, travel is...

Miriam Beard: Certainly, travel is...

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of...

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Monica Baldwin: The Sussex lanes...

Monica Baldwin: The Sussex lanes...

The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn. . . . spendthrift gold and glory of the year-end . . . earth scents...

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Ann Oakley: The primary function...

Ann Oakley: The primary function...

The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values,...

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Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Call the bald man, Boy; make the sage thy toy;
Greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

It is the marketplace that calls most clearly for men to be softer, more narcissistic and receptive, and the new man...

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Alice Embree: The message of...

Alice Embree: The message of...

The message of the media is the commercial.

Source: Media Images 1: Madison Avenue...

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Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

Source:...

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Ellen Key: When one paints...

Ellen Key: When one paints...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Source: The...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

I have gone to war too . . . I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you...

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Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of...

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Agnes Repplier: In the stress...

Agnes Repplier: In the stress...

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that...

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Fran Lebowitz: Never judge a...

Fran Lebowitz: Never judge a...

Never judge a cover by its book.

Source: In Metropolitan Life.
-- Fran Lebowitz,...

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Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.

Source: Recalled on...

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Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Helen Rowland: A fool and...

Helen Rowland: A fool and...

A fool and her money are soon courted.

Source: A Guide to Men, First Interlude ...

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