quotes about Ladylike

last updated: November 28, 2023

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
-- E. M. Forster

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Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder.
-- E. Nesbit

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“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.”
“I've got everything I need: a nice piece of land with hawks and owls and incredible sunsets, and the good will of my neighbors.”
“I think I'm a man that's basically misunderstood.”
“Many people with a wild desire to act prove failures on the stage, their inclinations are greater than their powers. Rarely is it the other way ...”
“And [now] I think Iâ€™ll probably write a lot about birds. My new house has a deck that wraps around my writing room; my writing room has many windows, and outside the windows Iâ€™ve hung bird feeders â€¦ for enticing different species. So I imagine I will be writing about that.”
“You don't see what's gone before. A lot of that can be long, long boring hours in the gym, long, long hours on the track or, for the likes of Paula Radcliffe, long hours out on the road in the rain running and running.”
“...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions.”
“Iâ€™m vain because Iâ€™m imperfect.”
“People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become.”
“I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.”