Gender Quote by John Irving Download Open image “Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gender Matter
I think that Shakespeare had his male side and his female side extremely well developed. And this was a great quality of the Elizabethan,… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Shakespeare writes such wonderful parts for women, parts that work so well today. I think he really liked women. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
“Suppose, for instance, that men were only represented in literature as the lovers of women, and were never the friends of men, soldiers, thinkers,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are able to… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
“Suppose, for instance, that men were only represented in literature as the lovers of women, and were never the friends of men, soldiers, thinkers, dreamers; how few parts in the plays of Shakespeare could be allotted to them; how literature would suffer! We might perhaps have most of Othello; and a good deal of Antony; but no Caesar, no Brutus,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share
“... All who have brought about a state of sex-consciousness are to blame, and it is they who drive me, when I want to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I'd love to do more Shakespeare but Shakespeare didn't write parts for older women. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said crossly. "LOOK AT THOSE WEIRDO TV MIRACLE-WORKERS--THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC! BUT THE REAL MIRACLES AREN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN SEE--THEY'RE THINGS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. IF SOME PREACHER'S AN ASSHOLE,… — John Irving Copy Share
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I hate prejudice on any level. I don't care if it's somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless… — David H. Koch Copy Share Image
We need policymakers to keep an eye on gender and write policies that are explicitly designed to include underserved populations like girls in computer… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades of conflict. The blue helmets and their civilian colleagues work together to organize elections, enact police and judicial reform, promote and protect human rights, conduct mine-clearance, advance gender equality, achieve the voluntary disarmament of former… — Kofi Annan Copy Share
As far as the adjectives that I lead with, I think a writer and a comedienne are first. I have never qualified my experience or gender or my race, although I know that's a huge component on how that is used. But I think in order for me to do my job effectively, I have to really be the best… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share
Yeah, maybe that's the way to solve the gender inequality that's naturally in relationships: to have a lot more power in the woman. — Celine Song Copy Share Image
It's almost comical how un-liberal liberal Hollywood is when it comes to fighting gender and racial bias. — Lexi Alexander Copy Share
We've been socialised and told that there is a way to describe people, and that way is by their gender or their sex. — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
"Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely on the changing standards of superstition, religion, Christianity and gender bias to define themselves. Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them, much like little kids who are offered… — Susie Bright Copy Share
![“... All who have brought about a state of sex-consciousness are to blame, and it is they who drive me, when I want to stretch my faculties on a book, to seek it in that happy age ... when the writer used both sides of his mind [the male and female sides of his mind] equally. One must turn back to…” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/107/virginia-woolf-49_androgyny_all-who-have-brought-about-a-state-of-se_2271608.jpg)
