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The Women

«Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life.»
Author: Alice Thomas Ellis | About: Men, War | Keywords: greyly, organize, The Women, wandered
«I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with her lighted torch and all the time knowing that it is empty? This has seemed to me a charming image of the women of my time. There they were, keeping the world in order by sitting on the mystery of life, and knowing themselves that there was no mystery.»
«Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.»
«My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias»
«That's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average»
«Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.»
«Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.»
«I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they died. These women don't listen to the women's liberation rhetoric because they know that it's nothing but a bunch of white women who had certain life-styles and who want to change those life-styles. They say things like they don't want men opening doors for them anymore, and they don't want men lighting their cigarettes for them anymore. Big deal. Black women have been opening doors for themselves and lighting their own cigarettes for a couple centuries in this country. Black women don't quibble about things that are not important.»
«Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: / Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.»
«Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.»

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