Quotes of: Austen Keyword

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.

Martha Gellhorn

Women did not have as many options as men, and I need to reflect that reality in my mysteries.

Sharon Kay Penman

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

Gail Sheehy

The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.

Gail Sheehy

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

Julie Burchill

Women's currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Susan Cheever

I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings!

Sheri S. Tepper

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

E. W. Howe

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

William Weld

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of.

Julie Walters

Trailer home borrowers, mostly near the bottom of the economic ladder, often default on their loans.

Alex Berenson

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

E. W. Howe

The thing about being an Indian person is that you feel most at home with your own people.

Winona LaDuke

Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

Emma Thompson

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

Colleen McCullough

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife.

Bruce Feirstein

With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was enslaved.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Animals are everywhere. Some are more romantic, like tigers and elephants and chimpanzees, and some are less romantic, like earthworms, but they are just as interesting.

Isabella Rossellini

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

Kristen Wiig

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

Lena Dunham

I'm a romantic realist. I knew I would become a star, just as I know some day the bubble will burst.

Telly Savalas