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Susan Sontag: Ours is a...

Susan Sontag: Ours is a...

Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory...

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Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious...

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Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Source:
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author,...

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Peace Pilgrim: No one can...

Peace Pilgrim: No one can...

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human...

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Andrea Dworkin: No phallic hero,...

Andrea Dworkin: No phallic hero,...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove his courage, ever matches the solitary,...

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Helen Rowland: A wise woman...

Helen Rowland: A wise woman...

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he...

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Helen Rowland: Never trust a...

Helen Rowland: Never trust a...

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Source: The Rubaiyat of a...

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Helen Rowland: To be happy...

Helen Rowland: To be happy...

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love...

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Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her --when, nine times out of...

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Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down...

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Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Love, like chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its...

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Helen Rowland: No man can...

Helen Rowland: No man can...

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

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Helen Rowland: Nowadays love is...

Helen Rowland: Nowadays love is...

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of...

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Helen Rowland: No girl who...

Helen Rowland: No girl who...

No girl who is going to marry need bother to win a college degree; she just naturally becomes a Master of Arts and a...

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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the...

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Helen Rowland: When you see...

Helen Rowland: When you see...

When you see a married couple coming down the street, the one who is two or three steps ahead is the one that's...

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Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Buying is a...

Simone de Beauvoir: Buying is a...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Lynn Caine: Our society is...

Lynn Caine: Our society is...

Our society is set up so that most women lose their identities when their husbands die.

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Susan B Anthony: I distrust those...

Susan B Anthony: I distrust those...

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their...

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