Baby Quote by Mark Twain

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were…

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.

— Washington Irving

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

— Abigail Adams

Many of us were raised with the 'be a lady' thing, and all those kind of things that can be used against you and…

— Karen Kilgariff

“We hear about every other kind of women- beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so seldom do…

— Hannah Farver

We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in…

— William Shenstone

There was that argument that if we had more women in positions of authority, the world would be a nicer place. And then we…

— Margaret MacMillan

For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in stuttering succession,…

— Stacy Schiff

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me…

— Abigail Adams

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“None of us can be expected to perform every minute of our lives. But a lot of us might tap into the power, excitement,…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin…

— David Brin