The Feminism Of Jane Austen Quotes

#1. When a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or the creature is allowed its freedom, the healthy instinct to flee is hugely diminished, and the creature stays put instead.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#2. He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.

Jane Austen

#3. Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

Tony Parsons

#4. I'm one of three judges on 'MasterChef' with Gordon Ramsay, but I don't want my own show. I'm kind of used to the sidekick gig.

Joe Bastianich

#5. Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

Billy Graham

#6. [On Jane Austen] She was fully possessed of the idealism which is a necessary ingredient of the great satirist. If she criticized the institutions of earth, it was because she had very definite ideas regarding the institutions of heaven.

Rebecca West

#7. Sometimes I'm dragging my ass out to the airport at 8 a.m. on a Saturday and I'm wondering why I'm doing this, but once I walk on stage I know why ... because I'm addicted.

Bill Maher

#8. To sink a six-foot putt with thirty million people looking over your shoulder, convince yourself that, if you miss it, you will be embarrassed and poor.

Jack Nicklaus

#9. Fathers left distinctive footprints; sons should think of noble footsteps

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#10. Because big men do not laugh at big ideas.

David J. Schwartz

#11. Your life is a sum of counted breaths.
With each breath that passes
a part of life is lost.
That which gives life brings death every moment nearer,
and your caravan is led by one
who will not jest with you.

Abu'l-'Atahiya

#12. Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.

Eraldo Banovac

#13. Whatever storm was brewing, I'd find it and fight it. If it was the price of being with Curran, then I would pay it. He was worth it.

Ilona Andrews