Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative. —Eric Hoffer More about this quote Tags: politics love sex Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Many who have spent a lifetime in love can tell you less of love than the child whose dog died yesterday. —Thornton Wilder More about this quote Tags: love knowledge explanation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Women hope men will change after marriage, but they don't; men hope women won't change, but they do. —Bettina Arndt More about this quote Tags: change women marriage men habit Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Marriage probably originated as a straightforward food-for-sex deal among foraging primates. Compatibility was not a big issue, nor, of course, was there any tension over who would control the remote. —Barbara Ehrenreich More about this quote Tags: history marriage evolution primates Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am happy now that Charles calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England. —Lady Alice Hillingdon More about this quote Tags: sexuality dread Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As I grew to adolescence, I imagined, from closely observing the boredom and vexations of matrimony, that the act my parents committed and the one I so longed to commit must be two different things. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: parents boredom marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. —Charles Kuralt More about this quote Tags: friendship privilege family wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. —Gore Vidal More about this quote Tags: education learning fame popularity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author? —Philip G. Hamerton More about this quote Tags: wisdom perception quotes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. —Bernard Baruch More about this quote Tags: humor perception age old age Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life. It’s a funny thing. Some want it, some throw it away. Some cling, some have it stolen from them. It’s terrifying. —Kelsey Sutton in Some Quiet Place More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
They tell you you’ll forget how it used to be. You’ll get used to it, that it’s better to move on. They don’t realize you can’t. You’re not the same person anymore. —Amanda Sun in Ink More about this quote Tags: memory identity change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. —Edwin Land More about this quote Tags: history ideas Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
2 A.M. You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they’re asleep or its cold or you need to be bailed out of jail…they’ll come for you. It’s like the highest level of friendship. —Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye More about this quote Tags: friendship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. —John Andrew Holmes More about this quote Tags: action speech inaction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email