Quotes About Woman

I look out on my language, two days later A short absence is enough for Aeschylus to open the door to peace a short speech is enough for Antonio to incite war A hand of a woman in my hand is enough to embrace my freedom and for the ebb and flow to begin anew in my body (I See my Ghost Coming from a Distance)

Herodotus relates that when Cambyses entered the temple of the Cabiri he was unable to restrain his mirth at seeing before him the figure of a man standing upright and, facing the man, the figure of a woman standing on her head. Had Cambyses been acquainted with the principles of divine astronomy, he would have realized that he was then in the presence of the key to universal equilibrium.

History was alive and entangled in the everyday stories of India, and it needed to be coaxed onto the pages of a book. In that sense, history was a woman, substantial, vigorous, complex and always given the customary short shrift.

La musica doveva avere il volto di una donna da seddure. Chiudevo gli occhi per immaginarla, per dare colore ai suoi capelli e ai suoi occhi, ma compresi che finché dal mio sax fossero usciti soltanto ragli d' asino, quella ragazza non sarebbe mai esistita.

Não é o homem ou a mulher que devem ser ideais, o que devem, sim, é querer partilhar a vida. Uma grande história de amor é o encontro de dois dadores.

The American woman is the most intelligent woman in the world today - the only one that always knows what she wants, and therefore always gets it. Hasn't she proved it by making her husband in his role as slave-banker look almost ridiculous in the eyes of the whole world? Not only has she intelligence but a wonderful beauty of line is hers, possessed by no other woman of any race at the present time.

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.

It is to such sufferings that we attach the pleasure of loving, of delighting in the most insignificant remarks of a woman, which we know to be insignificant, but which we perfume with her scent.

The disgust of distinguished people for snobs who want to force themselves upon them, the virile man has for the invert, the woman for every man who is too much in love with her.

Good God! Think of listening to Wagner for a whole fortnight with a woman who takes about as much interest in music as a tone-deaf newt - that would be fun!

There is in woman something of the unconscious function of drugs which are cunning without knowing it, like morphine.

the good intentions of a third party are powerless to control a woman who is annoyed to find herself pursued even into a ball-room by a man whom she does not love. Too often, the kind friend comes down again alone.

Odette seemed a fascinating and desirable woman, the attraction which her body held for him had aroused a painful longing to secure the absolute mastery of even the tiniest particles of her heart.

Since we possess its hymn, engraved on our hearts in its entirety, there is no need of any woman to repeat the opening lines, potent with the admiration which her beauty inspires, for us to remember all that follows.

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.

Green shook her head: "She's a smart woman. I'd be surprised if she was involved. But . . . and I say but . . . she's obviously a sociopath. It wouldn't bother her that people died to get her into the Senate. It would bother her that she could go to prison for it. She's made that calculation, too. That's why she gets so angry when she sees you.

What the f-f-f... What's that supposed to mean? the reporter sputtered. The TV cameraman behind him was laughing. TV people ranked radio people, so laughing was all right. What's 'f-f-f' supposed to mean? Lester asked. He turned away and pointed to a woman wearing glasses the size of compact discs. You. What precautions should women in the Twin Cities take? She had an improbably smooth delivery, with great round O's, as though she were reading for a play.

BACK IN THE TRUCK Virgil said, "Jesus, I thought I'd stepped into old home week." "Hey, Dog Butt is a good band," Johnson said. "Tight. They got two lead singers, a man and a woman, taking turns, and honest to God, you can boogey your ass off.

Breakfast was amazing, and I say that having been married to a woman who could make a breakfast spread that would have made Gandhi stop a fast.

I have to tell him that the sheep we're looking for is a woman who runs a pet store," Creek said. "I think telling him his younger brother's been resurrected as a computer program might be a little much for one day."   Archie

He had said, I am a man, and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it.

My father said she was a strong woman, and I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is almost indestructible.

He had said, I am a man, and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man.

a tight hard little woman humorless as a chicken.