Fear Quote by Douglas William Jerrold Download Open image “Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.” — Douglas William Jerrold ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Fireworks Humor Men Timidity Witty
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I can't believe in humorless women. I think there's humor even in everyday tragedy. — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts… — Teri Garr Copy Share Image
Women are under-represented in TV comedy for a variety of reasons, the hackneyed 'fear that women aren't funny' being one of them. — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core… — Paul Eldridge Copy Share Image
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death. — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months… — Devon Ashley Copy Share Image
“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.” — Nagisa Tatsumi Copy Share Image
“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
