Quote by Vladimir Mayakovsky Download Open image ““Men, crumpled like bed-sheets in hospitals, And women, battered like overused proverbs.”” — Vladimir Mayakovsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm.” — Geroge Orwell Copy Share Image
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“You know, all through the centuries, pathetic men have abused strong women who threaten their masculinity,” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
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“Men were sometimes comforters and often brutes but they were always puzzles,” — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
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“It made me realize how unimaginative I had always been about battered wives. Disaster creeps up, a tidal wave on the tourist beach. By… — Nicci French Copy Share Image
“I have seen abdomens pummelled, stretched-out hands disregarded, and have met women who were shouted at and even slapped during labour.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“A weak man declares a woman a temptress and orders her to cover herself. A strong man covers himself and says nothing.” — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
I understand the power and the alarm of words - Not those that they applaud from theatre-boxes, but those which make coffins break from… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
Our planet is poorly equipped for delight. One must snatch gladness from the days that are. In this life it's not difficult to die.… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
Comrade life, let us march faster, March faster through what's left of the five-year plan. — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
On the pavement of my trampled soul the steps of madmen weave the prints of rude crude words. — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
“You entered, Abrupt like “Take it!”, Mauling suede gloves, you tarried, And said: “You know,- I’m soon getting married.” Get married then. It’s all… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
“Soon, sampled by everyone, Stale and pallid, I’ll come out And mumble toothlessly That today I’m “Remarkably candid.” — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
Gentle souls! You play your love on the violin. The crude ones play it on the drums violently. But can you turn yourselves inside… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
“Then there's amortization, the deadliest of all; amortization of the heart and soul.” — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
“Oleg Bard: I understand, but by virtue of that power of imagination which, according to [Georgi] Plekhanov, is granted to Marxists, I can already… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
A line is a fuse that's lit. The line smolders, the rhyme explodes— and by a stanza a city is blown to bits. — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image