Quotes

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  • When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then if they like what they see, they listen. – Pauline Frederick

  • Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.” – Clare Boothe Luce

  • It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. (Televangelist Robertson speaking about the proposed equal-rights amendment.) – Pat Robertson

  • Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln

  • I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self- evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the…

  • The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that’s where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won’t do if they don’t know about it. This explains why it is so important to…

  • “Sodomy non sapiens,” said Albert under his breath. “What does that mean?” “Means I’m buggered if I know.” – Terry Pratchett

  • You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it’s just a cage. – Terry Pratchett

  • The Ramkins were more highly bred than a hilltop bakery, whereas Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving. – Terry Pratchett

  • The Patrician relaxed, in a way which only then drew gentle attention to the foregoing moment of tension. – Terry Pratchett

  • We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. – Phyllis Diller

  • Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You’ll realize this as soon as they are born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you. – Ray Romano