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Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

Sam Houston

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)

Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.

Jackie Stewart

Scottish racing driver

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman’s strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Anna Julia Cooper

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Margaret Mead

American anthropologist (1901--1978)

A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.

Sacha Guitry

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)

A husband who submits to his wife’s yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman’s influence ought to be entirely concealed.

Honore de Balzac

French novelist and playwright (1799-1850)

We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East.

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

Morley Safer

Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931-2016)

I got a script sent to me at this office and I got a call from a woman – Universal’s doing a snowboarding movie. I’m not in it yet, but I’m supposed to meet with the director in New York soon. I’m waiting to hear back from them.

Jason Mewes

American actor (born 1974)

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