Quotes of: Men-and-women Keyword

Chorus of women: […] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let you anger slacken; the wind of fortune blown our way.

Lysistrata

Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.

The Magnificent Ambersons

I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.

Midnight Cactus

I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, I’m very well endowed.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

I have a spreadsheet of all the women I'd like to spread and sheet. Your mom is on my list. So is your grandma, may she rest in peace.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

That woman was sexy. . . . Out of your league? Son, let women figure out why they won't screw you. Don't do it for them.

Sh*t My Dad Says

A man who respects his wife, does not sleep with other women. And a woman who respects herself does not allow her husband to get away with it

Tear Stained Beaches

There’s nothing worse than delivering bad news to women. I hoped I wouldn’t get good at it.

Tell Me When I'm Dead

Now, women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Mary, it must be remembered, was very nearly of the same age as Frank; but, as I and others have so often said before, 'Women grow on the sunny side of the wall.

Dr. Thorne

Amid the joy of raising children will be some of the hardest work you’ll ever do.

One-Minute Inspirations for Women

A godly mother loves God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength, and teaches her children to do the same.

One-Minute Inspirations for Women

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

One-Minute Inspirations for Women

When women agree with me I always do the other thing

Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990

It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if that's all it would take to make them whole again.

The Peach Keeper

It is as though they simply cannot contemplate the notion of a short, slight man who dresses and moves like a popular (mis)conception of a homosexual being attractive to millions of women.

Prince: A Pop Life

Never underestimate the power of a pity fuck, which makes for about ninety percent of women’s collective dating history.

A Poker Game of Love

Some women are just better at knowing what they want, which saves them the trouble of wasting too much time on the wrong guy.

A Poker Game of Love

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

Practical Magic

It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune and women, and concludes that it is the bold rather than the cautious man that will win and hold them both.

The Prince