Quotes of: Des-moines Keyword

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Henry Fielding

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.

Alber Elbaz

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Alexander McQueen

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

Helen Oyeyemi

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

Irwin Redlener

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

Donna Karan

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

Don Lemon

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

Mika Brzezinski

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

Nawal El Saadawi

We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.

Okky Madasari

The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.

Pope Benedict XVI

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Tony Campolo

Many women are pear-shaped and tend to wear jeans that are too loose. They need to focus on what jeans will re-proportion their body.

Trinny Woodall

For all its ubiquity and its universality, war offers the attraction of the extraordinary - the escape from the gray everyday, from the humdrum into higher things.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

Dave Pelzer

New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war.

Herman Kahn

Fox News's coverage of 9/11 and the war in Iraq improved its ratings, demonstrated its influence, and intensified the controversy over its practices.

Jill Lepore

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

Manfred von Richthofen

This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.

Robert Capa

George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war.

Robert Dallek