The Purity Myth Quotes

#1. Whether it appears in a story about a man killing his girlfriend while calling her a whore or in trying to battle conservative claims that emergency contraception or the HPV vaccine will make girls promiscuous, the purity myth in America underlies more misogyny than most people would like to admit

Jessica Valenti

#2. In 'The Purity Myth,' I not only discuss what the purity myth is and reveal its consequences for women, but also outline a new way for us to think about young women as moral actors, one that doesn't include their bodies.

Jessica Valenti

#3. Action is what makes hope a reality.

T. M. Brenner

#4. You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.

Dolly Parton

#5. If you don't feel fabulous, you have deviated from the path of who-you-really-are.

Wayne W. Dyer

#6. Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides to lay the crown on the brow of the heroic genius like Frederick the Great or a wise character like William I.

Adolf Hitler

#7. My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

Dennis C. Blair

#8. In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

Jill Lepore

#9. Innocence could be lost more than once after all.

Selena Kitt

#10. Then it was that there came into my head the first of the mad notions that contributed so much to saving our lives.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#11. Maybe it's an insanity test, Haggis thought - if you believe it, you're automatically kicked out. He considered that possibility. But when he read it again, he decided, "This is madness.

Lawrence Wright

#12. Rose said: 'Some people would be needing their spare glasses, or that blue cardigan. You need a book. Of course.'
'A deficiency?'said Charlotte meekly.
'Not at all. The need defines you, that's all.

Penelope Lively

#13. For women especially, virginity has become the easy answer- the morality quick fix. You can be vapid, stupid, and unethical, but so long as you've never had sex, you're a "good" (i.e. "moral) girl and therefore worthy of praise.

Jessica Valenti

#14. Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought.

Janet Frame

#15. People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.

Nenia Campbell

#16. I'm a fan of good horror movies.

Donnie Wahlberg

#17. Any time there's racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything's supposed to be fair.

Ice Cube

#18. The pursuit and preservation of purity can drive prejudice and hate. Many crimes against humanity have been committed in its name. Purity is best applied to water.

Jamie Le Fay

#19. If people were rain, I was drizzle. She was hurricane.

John Green

#20. The best way to get over a dog's death is to get another soon.

Ronald Reagan

#21. Dogs serve people, but people serve cats.

Temple Grandin