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Women Quotes by Mark Twain
- A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.
- The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.
- Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat he used to…
- It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain…
- Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women.
- Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it.
- The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but…
- There are women who have an indefinable charm in their faces which makes them beautiful to their intimates, but a cold stranger who tried to…
- God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage
- What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.
- Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at…
- What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.
- One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a women is, until after considerable acquaintance with her.
- At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes to…
- While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.
- Men and women -- even man and wife are foreigners. Each has reserves that the other cannot enter into, nor understand. These have the effect…
- I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; it is very wearing to…
- Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now…
More Women Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- All fat women look the same; they all look 42. — Margaret Atwood
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood