Equal Quotes

2440 quotes by 1719 authors

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard — Kate Millett
Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens. — Sheila Jeffreys
The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything — Stephen Leacock
As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is not his equal… — Alexander H. Stephens
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro… — Alexander H. Stephens
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to… — Joseph Priestley
A wife should always be few feet behind her husband. If he is an MA you should be a BA.If he is 5'4'tall you shouldn't… — Shashi Deshpande
The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
Many pundits today are in the habit of misquoting Santayana's epigram, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Maybe some people… — David Hackett Fischer
English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees… — Tomson Highway
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill… — Sam Houston
No birdcall is the musical equal of a clarinet blown with panache. — Edward Hoagland
We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and… — Leymah Gbowee
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) is a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success. — Rex Reed
Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men...They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty. — Robert Owen
If a young man gets married, and starts a family and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job, he is held… — Esther Vilar
The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you… — Alexandra Fuller
The world, I think, will wait a long time for Nikola Tesla's equal in achievement and imagination. — Edwin Howard Armstrong
When they say all men are created equal, that bothers me. I told you some are thin, some are heavy, some have better eyesight than… — Jacque Fresco

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