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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at read more
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force read more
Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She read more
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.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.