Quotes About Attitudes

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

What is passable in youth is detestable in later age

Men never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.

and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions. (Colonel Brandon)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.

She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must be either indifferent or unwilling.

I know that sounds odd, but I have always felt that the English love children as long as they are polite, quiet, and well behaved. Americans seem to love children however they behave.

That's how you tell what a man's really made of. It's one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin' after a woman when she's shopping for thongs and push-up bras is a whole other category of man. And then if you want to see how far you can go with it, you ask him to carry one of those little pink bags they give you.

It's the twenty-first century. I told Tank. Women drive. Only in my bed, Tank said. Never in my car.

Men! I said. You all a bunch of chauvinist morons Stephanie Plum - Ten Big Ones

What is it with men and gazongas? It's not like women got a nut fixation. It's not like we go around looking for some guy with basketballs hangin' down to his knees.

She knew that the Germans were unhappy, but like everyone else, she thought Germans were always unhappy.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.

As an issue, climate change was unlucky: when nonspecialists first became aware of it in the 1990s, environmental attitudes had already become tribal political markers.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

I've received tweets that I suspect people wouldn't have sent in 2015. Is that a changed country or is that people who are unpleasant feeling emboldened to speak?

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate.

There's this idea that many of the attitudes and personality developments in black folks in the diaspora are a consequence of this unresolved trauma. There have been attempts by black artists to try and figure out how to represent that in some kind of way.

You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I'm sure everybody will say it's true, even the girls.

The old Establishment has always preserved its position by not being too exclusive - it has been wily enough to absorb the up-and-coming and convert them to their attitudes and mannerisms.