Jeannie Gunn quotes

Jeannie Gunn quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“...man is the only animal that strikes his women-folk.”
-- Jeannie Gunn

Source : Jeannie Gunn (1908). “We of the Never-Never: A Novel”

#Women Quotes #Animal Quotes #Strikes Quotes

“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”

Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.90, UPNE
“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
“Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.”
“I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.”
“Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.”
“We need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite.”
“It's disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur,' to increase public awareness to our cause. These are great/courageous ideas which time has come! Liberation of animals is REVOLUTION - not elegant performance/ intellectual competition. We should do most anything to advance the animal rights cause. All the bickering may make the one step forward... TWO STEPS BACKWARD???”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.”
“When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.”
“I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.”

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