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“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”
Source : Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2
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“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.”
Source : The History of the Kentish Petition addenda, l. 11 (1712 - 1713) See Abigail Adams 1
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“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.”
Source : Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 3 Nov. 1831) See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Franklin Roosevelt 6; Thoreau 16
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“Hey, bro...So there's like 7,000 paparazzi outside. Maybe two of you guys can roll over, and one of you can grab the Ferrari, and then we can just split? Thanks, bro.”
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“If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.”
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“Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.”
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“The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.”
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“All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.”
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“Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.”
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“Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.”
