Her Work Quotes

86 quotes by 79 authors

I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all. — Joan Juliet Buck
I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements… — James Anthony Froude
Nowhere is woman treated according to the merit of her work, but rather as a sex. It is therefore almost inevitable that she should pay… — Emma Goldman
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with… — Pope John XXIII
I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad… — Jennifer Lopez
You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because… — Paul McCartney
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. — Pliny the Elder
Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because… — Jerry Saltz
Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. — Barbra Streisand
When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that… — Marlo Thomas
All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work. — Ellen G. White
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. — Oscar Wilde
She wrote poetry constantly; that was her "work". She was a slow bleeder and she slaved over it for long, exhausting hours, and many a… — Millard Kaufman
From the first time heâ€™d met her, heâ€™d sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but still retained a… — Charles de Lint
We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of… — Dorianne Laux
...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to… — Louise Bogan
She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them. — Sinclair Lewis
She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my… — Shannon Hale
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it.… — Dani Shapiro
[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you… — Anne Lamott

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