"... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to them at all times and in all places has often occasioned me as much surprise as pleasure."

-- Frances Wright

#Would Be Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“We're doing a great disservice to our young people because the only protection is abstinence, as condoms have been proven fallible. The federal government should not be telling young people to use condoms. It's also an insult to teenagers, reducing them to the level of a dog that can't control its hormones.”

Source : Washington Times, December 01, 1995.
“If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.”
“Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.”
“I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.”
“I saw your wife the other day and she is ugly. I know, but she sure can cook.”
“If you want a career, you need commitment ...”
“The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.”
“Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.”

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