Gouges Quotes

#1. Oedipus gouges out his eyes, Jocasta hangs herself, both guiltless; the play has come to a harmonious conclusion. Wrote Schiller.

David Markson

#2. He hissed upon seeing the oozing cuts and gouges.

Sara King

#3. I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.

Andy Williams

#4. The cream-tiled walls were spattered here and there with old dried bloodstains, deep gouges that might have been clawmarks, and all kinds of graffiti. As usual, someone had spelt Cthulhu wrongly.

Simon R. Green

#5. I rarely feel despair, I forget how it gouges.

David Mitchell

#6. Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.

Seth Godin

#7. Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason sounds throughout the universe; recognize your rights.

Olympe De Gouges

#8. Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies.

Olympe De Gouges

#9. Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to their capacity and without other distinctions besides those of their virtues and talents.

Olympe De Gouges

#10. Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.

Olympe De Gouges

#11. There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.

Alex Gibney

#12. The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies.

Roman Abramovich

#13. All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.

Olympe De Gouges

#14. Occupation of vast reaches of space means nothing. It is control of population centers and essential resources that determines victory or defeat.

Greg Bear

#15. Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.

Olympe De Gouges

#16. Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland?

Johann Lamont

#17. The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I'll do my best. But you're right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.

D.H. Lawrence

#18. It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

Dana Fox

#19. Our lips connected and for one brief, amazing moment Dean melted into me. His hands trailed up my back, pulling my body closer. His lips were warm and soft, lingering against mine, and then suddenly ... gone.

Sarah Darlington

#20. Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum.

Olympe De Gouges