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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never ...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn't
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
LUDWIG FEUERBACH

Explain! Tell a man to explain how he dropped into hell! Explain my preference! I never had a pre...
GEORGE ELIOT A woman with a woman's viewpoint is of more value when she forgets she's a woman and begins to act l...
LEONOR KRETZER SULLIVAN A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after...
THOMAS HARDY A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after...
CORRA MAY HARRIS Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.
JANE AUSTEN Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.
AGATHA CHRISTIE Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man.
MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never...
THOMAS HARDY As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the ...
GEENA DAVIS She wanted an Angel of Music . . . an angel who would make her believe in herself at last. I'd been ...
SUSAN KAY What nonsense people talk about happy marriages! A man can be happy with any woman so long as he doe...
OSCAR WILDE I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
STANLEY BALDWIN Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
AMY BLOOM I'd rather be a kid and play with paper planes, than be a man and play with a woman's heart.
NIALL HORAN Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?
VICTORIA WOODHULL I would rather see a serman than hear one any day.
EDDIE GUEST A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
VERA WANG I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looki...
SHANIA TWAIN We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.
J. DABNEY DAY I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
DAVY CROCKETT Much stronger boys in her class soon learned that it could be quite unpleasant to fight with that sk...
STIEG LARSSON She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he...
BERNARDO BATIZ An angel is the one who claims a devil but has a heart of an angel rather than the opposite... - Coc...
COCOY MCCOY 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 'Tis strange what a man may do and a woman yet think him an angel
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
E.M. FORSTER I've never had sex. Never wanted to. Not with a man or a woman or an animal, though my family jokes ...
MARIE PHILLIPS When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
MASON COOLEY I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
BOY GEORGE If a man brags about his sex life he's a stud, but if a woman brags about her sex life she's a slut.
ANTHONY LICCIONE Today I would rather fall in love with a washing machine than a woman.
RICHARD EDWARDS 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A man who stands in front of a woman does nothing more than block her view. She needs a man standing...
PENELOPE DOUGLAS A man who wants to gain power over a woman must follow the example of women and condition his sex dr...
ESTHER VILAR No man can resist a woman who has an apple in her hand. It's theological. A woman with an apple in h...
PIA PERA An independent woman does not need a man who will spoil her with the finest jewels. All that she nee...
NIGUEL CROWIE The things she could do with her mouth would blow any man off course.
TIFFANY REISZ A bride never forgets her wedding ornaments!
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I would rather meet Laurie Spiegel, than Madonna, any day.......
MANJUNAN GNANARATNAM Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no...
BARBARA BUSH Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could...
STEVAN V. NIKOLIC Christie just gave me a picture she drew. It is of an angel blowing a horn. The angel has a red cros...
PATRICIA DUNN When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his re...
GEORGE ELIOT My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow.
BILL COSBY She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's warling.
WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young ...
LYNNE AMBROSINI ... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run awa...
GASTON LEROUX A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her dec...
CHARLES BOYER I would rather be a good man with mediocre book sales, than a mediocre man with big book sales. Book...
DOUG WEAD A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.
VICTOR HUGO Her eyes watered and she was a foot taller than any of her sisters, mostly because of the length of ...
JEFFREY EUGENIDES From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her mor...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifice...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices...
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it...
ANAIS NIN How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it...
ANAïS NIN How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it...
MARILYN MONROE Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,...
DANIELLE STEEL I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her...
JOHN STEINBECK I'll always advocate for women for any worthy cause, but a woman who doesn't reciprocate the honour ...
IFEOLUWA EGBETADE Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without v...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, erotic...
SHEILA JEFFRYS Dont ever underestimate a woman that may have eyes of an angel and beauty like that of a goddess bec...
PATRICE TILLMON A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
OSCAR WILDE A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
OSCAR WILDE A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her
OSCAR WILDE I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
ANNE BRONTë A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an ...
MARLENE DIETRICH I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities. I have not the shadow of ...
MAHATMA GANDHI Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.
JERRY FALWELL The beauty of a woman may be the root of all evil. but the beauty is a only seen, your eyes wants to...
ARVIND YADAV …when you talk about Mike, you look like a woman who’s talkin’ about a guy she likes. You talk...
KRISTEN ASHLEY The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than ...
ANONYMOUS The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than ...
JUSTINE VOGT When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a...
DIANA GABALDON I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.
EDWARD DAHLBERG I am burying her every day. She was my baby and I loved my baby. She was an angel to everybody. Ther...
ANNE BOYD A woman may walk around naked in front of a man, but a civilized man would never jump over her, driv...
ABHIJIT NASKAR A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
EDWARD W. HOWE A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man
EDGAR WATSON HOWE A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
ED HOWE A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman t...
BARBARA CARTLAND I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.
TERRY PRATCHETT She called herself an angel, and wandered the world from girlhood till death. She lived every kind o...
ROMAN PAYNE Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her ar...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR She was like an avenging angel, her vengeance swift and deadly.
CASSANDRA CLARE A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To be happy, she must.
A man to be happy, however,...
ROMAN PAYNE This sword is not just an angel sword. She’s an archangel sword. Better than an angel sword, in ca...
SUSAN EE Sylvia rarely flattered the men in her life- she envied them. She was far more likely to compete wit...
ELIZABETH WINDER In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.
H. L. MENCKEN I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was prepa...
OGDEN NASH The first thing that came to mind was an angel. Her hair flowing and shiny. Her legs dangling, long ...
PENELOPE DOUGLAS I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing ...
PHILIPPA GREGORY Sex is two plus two making five, rather than four. Sex is the X ingredient that you can't define, an...
MARTY FELDMAN A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.
ANONYMOUS More often than not, a woman marries for money and a man marries for sex. What difference does a she...
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IRVING HOWE The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
IRVING HOWE I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures an...
IRVING HARPER I don't have a complex mind.
IRVING HARPER At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
IRVING HARPER With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if ...
IRVING HARPER The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
IRVING FISHER There's no people like show people.
IRVING BERLIN After you get what you want you don't want it.
IRVING BERLIN I got lost but look what I found.
IRVING BERLIN Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
IRVING BERLIN There's no business like show business.
IRVING BERLIN The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
IRVING BERLIN Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
IRVING BERLIN The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
IRVING BABBITT Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
IRVING BABBITT The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself...
IRVING BABBITT To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficul...
IRVING BABBITT The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

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