The woman does not work because the man tells her to work and she obeys. On the contrary, the woman works because she has told the man to work and he hasn’t obeyed.
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GARY GELLER When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her ... JASON EVERT Another year is ending, but something is pending ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Man has obeyed commands of the Mother, the Father, the Guru; but he has not obeyed the commands of �... DADA BHAGWAN I have urged on woman independence of man, not that I do not think the sexes mutually needed by one ... MARGARET FULLER A man should not marry a woman unless and until he is confident to reach to the level of selfishness... ANUJ SOMANY Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. MARLENE DIETRICH We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She do... ALLISON ANDERS A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the... NORMA SHEARER The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively cor... SHERYL SANDBERG Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicalit... ANDRE LEON TALLEY Ryan has done that for us all year. I call her our X-factor because she does all the dirty work. She... FELICIA LOFTON I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start m... CHRISTY TURLINGTON A man who stands in front of a woman does nothing more that block her view. She needs a man standing... PENELOPE DOUGLAS An independent woman does not need a man who will spoil her with the finest jewels. All that she nee... NIGUEL CROWIE As Unto the bow the the cord is , So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obey... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A man who wants to make a relationship work will move mountains to keep the woman he loves GREG BEHRENDT you left and i wanted you still yet i deserved someone who was willing to stay RUPI KAUR The woman said she arrived in Cancun on December 27 and that day met a man named Brad staying at a C... CHARLES MATHEWS So I watch her work and put all her energy, all her force, all herself, all is inside her work. Does... JINAT REHANA BEGUM The best wisdom of a great woman is when she opens her heart to the man she most respects, admires, ... RASHAD A. BAADQIR until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH 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 Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married. ANNA HELD She was a gutsy woman who came to work even at the age of 84, HOWARD KURTZ Sitting on the bench inspired Francisco. She doesn't like sitting on the bench, and that inspired he... LEDAWN GIBSON She has the best work ethic. She puts in a lot of extra effort and stays late after work to get thin... ANDRE WALKER A Bluesman hates to be told what to do. Authority rankles him, inspires his rebellion, and plays to ... CHRISTOPHER MOORE The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me,... MARGUERITE DURAS The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me,... MARGUERITE DURAS Most people wouldn't see Caitlyn as a star player because she doesn't put up big numbers, but she do... KATHY LINDSEY From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. 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CHESTERTON The chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself,... G.K. CHESTERTON No man demands what he desires; each man demands what he fancies he can get. Soon people forget what... G.K. CHESTERTON There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in off... G.K. CHESTERTON When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar. G.K. CHESTERTON In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd. G.K. CHESTERTON All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost. ...E... G.K. CHESTERTON Babies need not to be taught a trade, but to be introduced to a world. To put the matter shortly, wo... G.K. CHESTERTON An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution... G.K. CHESTERTON As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the... G.K. CHESTERTON The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings G.K. CHESTERTON ..."vers libre," (free verse) or nine-tenths of it, is not a new metre any more than sleeping in a d... G.K. CHESTERTON I do not deny, but strongly affirm, the right of the State to interfere to cure a great evil. I say ... G.K. CHESTERTON To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once. G.K. CHESTERTON If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ... G.K. CHESTERTON It is quite certain that the skirt means female dignity, not female submission; it can be proved by ... G.K. CHESTERTON On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the... G.K. CHESTERTON The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accide... G.K. CHESTERTON I had tried to be happy by telling myself that man is an animal, like any other which sought its mea... G.K. CHESTERTON [Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run... G.K. CHESTERTON That a good man may have his back to the wall is no more than we knew already, but that God could ha... G.K. CHESTERTON If Innocent is happy, it is because he is innocent. If he can defy the conventions, it is just becau... G.K. CHESTERTON There is something sinister about putting a leprechaun in a workhouse. The only solid comfort is tha... G.K. CHESTERTON Man may behold what ugliness he likes if he is sure that he will not worship it; but there are some ... G.K. CHESTERTON If we are calm," replied the policeman, "it is the calm of organized resistance." "Eh?" said Sy... G.K. CHESTERTON Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed... G.K. CHESTERTON As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No... G.K. CHESTERTON I mean that we here are on the wrong side of the tapestry,' answered Father Brown. 'The things that ... G.K. CHESTERTON How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. G.K. CHESTERTON The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens... G.K. CHESTERTON No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for edu... G.K. CHESTERTON A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should ... G.K. CHESTERTON A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A mode... G.K. CHESTERTON These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. G.K. CHESTERTON There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. G.K. CHESTERTON Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, b... G.K. CHESTERTON There is a limit to human charity," said Lady Outram, trembling all over. "There is," sai... G.K. CHESTERTON He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of c... G.K. CHESTERTON Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being ... G.K. CHESTERTON We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But wha... G.K. CHESTERTON Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly, G.K. CHESTERTON There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions. G.K. CHESTERTON We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practica... G.K. CHESTERTON He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's wha... G.K. CHESTERTON If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. G.K. CHESTERTON The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautifu... G.K. CHESTERTON I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. G.K. CHESTERTON My country, right or wrong,” is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperat... G.K. CHESTERTON The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. G.K. CHESTERTON Can you not see, […] that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but th... G.K. CHESTERTON the things common to all men are more important than the things peculiar to any men. Ordinary things... G.K. CHESTERTON The pessimists believe that the cosmos is a clock that is running down; the progressives believe it ... G.K. CHESTERTON