"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Twain, Mark | Fools and Foolishness | 19 bookmarks

"Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women."

Astor, Lady Nancy | Men and Women | 1 bookmarks

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

Hepburn, Katharine | Men and Women | 3 bookmarks

"A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood."

Gray, John | Men and Women | 1 bookmarks

"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different."

Santayana, George | Men and Women | 2 bookmarks

"Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse."

Meir, Golda | Men and Women | 3 bookmarks

"But then they danced down the street like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!""

Kerouac, Jack | Passion | 18 bookmarks

"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."

Wilde, Oscar | Genius | 2 bookmarks

"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."

Wilde, Oscar | Friends and Friendship | 7 bookmarks

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."

Wilde, Oscar | America | 3 bookmarks