Prostitution Quotes

103 Prostitution quotes by 84 unique authors

Prostitution, black marketeering, and informing on ones neighbors and friends all had such a deep-rooted tradition in Romania that there was a charming naturalness and… — Robert D. Kaplan
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. — William Booth
Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. — Xaviera Hollander
Prostitution is not just a service industry, mopping up the overflow of male demand, which always exceeds female supply. Prostitution testifies to the amoral power… — Camille Paglia
Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause… — Leo Tolstoy
It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it for… — Ad Reinhardt
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them,… — Brigham Young
Women who work for escort agencies that assign them out to prostitution dates at sushi restaurants know how to eat with chopsticks, and beyond that… — Julie Klausner
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
To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out… — Emma Goldman
Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. — Emma Goldman
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true… — Lord Hailsham
We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and… — Victor Hugo
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. — Karl Kraus
Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across… — Colin Mochrie
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. — Moliere
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than… — Bertrand Russell
A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not… — Margaret Sanger
And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story… — C.S. Lewis
When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble. — Joseph Heller
The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul. — Norman Mailer
Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different! — Angela Carter
Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing… — Tina Fey
What men call love is a very small, restricted, feeble thing compared with this ineffable orgy, this divine prostitution of the soul giving itself entire,… — Charles Baudelaire

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