Friday, May 20, 2005

Some Women Worth Quoting

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle." -- Rita Mae Brown

"Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths." -- Baroness Edith Summerskill

"When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country." --- Elayne Boosler

"I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch." --- Gilda Radner

"Behind every successful man is a surprised woman." --- Maryon Pearson
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman." --- Margaret Thatcher

"Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel." --- Bella Abzug

"If I were going to convert to any religion, I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary."---Margaret Atwood

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career." --- Gloria Steinem

"Probably the only place a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release." -- Germaine Greer

"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry." --- Gloria Steinem

"Any girl can be glamourous.All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." --- Hedy Lamarr

"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."--Elizabeth Taylor

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."--- Katharine Hepburn

"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night." --- Marie Corelli

"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?" --- Linda Ellerbee

I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them. --- Rita Rudner

"I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house."--- Zsa Gabor

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