Famous Quotes & Sayings

Justin Johnson

Don't get bitter, just get better.

Judith Viorst

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done publicly in the Crimea. He could not tell me.

Elizabeth Gaskell

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

Elizabeth Gaskell

A man is so in the way in the house.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years--I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

John Crowe Ransom

Captain Carpenter rose up in his prime Put on his pistols and went riding out But had got wellnigh nowhere at that time Till he fell in with ladies in a rout.

Joan Collins

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

Madeleine L'Engle

Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.

Louis XIV

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Louisa May Alcott

I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.

John Gay

Woman's mind Oft' shifts her passions, like th'inconstant wind; Sudden she rages, like the troubled main, Now sinks the storm, and all is calm again.

John Gay

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

John Gay

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

John Gay

Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!

John Fletcher

A woman friend! He that believes that weakness, Steers in a stormy night without a compass.

Joyce Carol Oates

He was ugly, himself. Weird-ugly. But ugliness in a man doesn't matter, much. Ugliness in a woman is her life.

Julie Burchill

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

Julie Burchill

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

Judith Jamison

Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you.

Judith Martin

It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

Judith Martin

The most conventional statements are both true and welcome.

Judith Martin

Sometimes we do things a certain way just because that is the way we do things.

Judith Martin

Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument.

Judith Martin

Nowadays people consider it a disgrace to admit that they are not stressed.

Judith Martin

[after the death of a loved one] It is when there is nothing more to be done that the reality of the loss often hits with full force.

Judith Martin

Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

Judith Martin

The truly essential bargain between host and guest requires the guest only to respond promptly, show up on time, socialize with other guests, thank the host, write additional thanks and reciprocate. You needn't bring anything.

Judith Martin

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

Judith Martin

The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.

Judith Martin

Question- Should I loan a small amount of money to a friend? Answer- If you are sure that you can, if necessary, spare both.

Judith Martin

There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.

Judith Martin

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.