Contortions Women Quotes

I carried the books to my room and read through the night. I loved the fiery pages of Mary Wollstonecraft, but there was a single line written by John Stuart Mill that, when I read it, moved the world: "It is a subject on which nothing final can be known." The subject Mill had in mind was the nature of women. Mill claimed that women have been coaxed, cajoled, shoved and squashed into a series of feminine contortions for so many centuries, that it is now quite impossible to define their natural abilities or aspirations.

Blood rushed to my brain; I felt an animating surge of adrenaline, of possibility, of a frontier being pushed outward. Of the nature of women, nothing final can be known. Never had I found such comfort in a void, in the black absence of knowledge. It seemed to say: whatever you are, you are woman. ~ Tara Westover

Momentarily drained of lust, he stares at the remembered contortions to which it has driven him. His life seems a sequence of grotesque poses assumed to no purpose, a magic dance empty of belief. There is no God; Janice can die: the two thoughts come at once, in one slow wave. He feels underwater, caught in chains of transparent slime, ghosts of the urgent ejaculations he has spat into the mild bodies of women. His fingers on his knees pick at persistent threads. ~ John Updike

What was the secret of Grandpa's charm? I began to understand only years later. He possessed a quality that is hardly ever found among men, a marvelous quality that for many women is the sexiest in a man:

He listened.

He did not just politely pretend to listen, while impatiently waiting for her to finish what she was saying and shut up.

He did not break into his partner's sentence and finish it for her.

He did not cut in to sum up what she was saying so as to move on to another subject.

He did not let his interlocutress talk into thin air while he prepared in his head the reply he would make when she finally finished.

He did not pretend to be interested or entertained, he really was. Nu, what: he had an inexhaustible curiosity.

He was not impatient. He did not attempt to deflect the conversation from her petty concerns to his own important ones.

On the contrary: he loved her concerns. He always enjoyed waiting for her, and if she needed to take her time he took pleasure in all her contortions.

He was in no hurry, and he never rushed her. He would wait for her to finish, and even when she had finished, he did not pounce or grab but enjoyed waiting in case there was something more, in case she was carried along on another wave.

He loved to let her take him by the hand and lead him to her own places, at her own pace. He loved to be her accompanist.

He loved ge ~ Amos Oz

All the contortions we go through just not to be ourselves for a few hours. ~ Keith Richards

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result. ~ Tommy Armour

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration. ~ Edmund Burke

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watching the contortions of the damned is supposed to be a favorite sport of the angels, but I believe even they don't think people happier in hell. ~ Edith Wharton

Clearly i Bible times, women were used in ministry leadership roles, and still are today. ~ Debora Hooper

This chapter also explores the question, "Who is the true yogi?" This word yogi may bring to mind images of amazing people who do strange contortions with their bodies. ~ Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Madeleine Albright says, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." I wonder what happens to women who bully other women. ~ Crystal Woods

Like rats that cannot stop pressing a button, partisans may be simply unable to stop believing weird things. The partisan brain has been reinforced so many times for performing mental contortions that free it from unwanted beliefs. Extreme partisanship may be literally addictive. ~ Jonathan Haidt

The mechanism of violence is what destroys women, controls women, diminishes women and keeps women in their so-called place. ~ Eve Ensler

All women are my sisters. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Erotic Romance is a complete women thing.. by the women for the women.. Men don't even have an idea where women's imaginations can reach..! ~ Himmilicious

All women are many women! I'm afraid you've never known very much about women. ~ Gabrielle Zevin

Why are women ... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? ~ Virginia Woolf

Women are just women." Mercia's forehead wrinkled. "Those women were bel dames. ~ Kameron Hurley

What's surprising to me now is that now that I'm talking to a lot of women about this, so many women are doing this. Straight women, lesbian women, bisexual women, poor women, White women, immigrant women. This does not affect one group. ~ Staceyann Chin

Finding violence against women means opening to the great power of women, the mystery of women, the heart of women, the wild unending sexuality and creativity of women – and not being afraid. ~ Eve Ensler

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. ~ Hillary Clinton

If you love the women in your life then set them free. ~ Avijeet Das

Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom. ~ Mary Edwards Walker

I always laugh when people call me a misogynist. I ... love women! Everything I do is to impress women. And if I hated women, why would half my fans be women? ~ Tucker Max

Once there was a city of women. ~ Louise Carey

I am not here for women only, but also for women. ~ Angela Merkel

A witch is always a woman. I do not wish to speak badly about women. Most women are lovely. But the fact remains that all witches are women. There is no such thing as a male witch."
(My own thoughts: I love women and I love witches) ~ Roald Dahl

You must go around the states lecturing to women. And the inoffensive writers who've never dared lecture anyone, let alone women-they are frightened of women, they do not understand women, they write about women as creatures that never existed, ~ Dylan Thomas

A world that does not love, respect and protect its Women is doomed to perish! Because Women are Mother Earth! ~ Avijeet Das

Empty women, who strive for no good but exist to adorn themselves ... These women of majestic pride, fantastic coiffures, outlandish ornament, and necks bound with gold or pearls bear the glittering symbols of their captivity to men. ~ Laura Cereta

Some women born to raise a beautiful families while some women are born to build an empire from ashes and rule the rest. ~ Pradeepa Pandiyan

Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth ~ Emily Dickinson

Great women aren't born great, they become great. ~ Sabrina Newby

Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound. ~ Gloria Steinem

Temperance workers protested the economic dependence that made married women subject to drunken husbands. Organizations of women workers sought respect and higher wages for women's labor. Women's ~ Ann Jones

Not all men practice violence against women but all women live with the threat of male violence every single day. All over the Earth. ~ Fuad Alakbarov

I don't want to be anyone's arm candy or trophy," Simone said. "Women can be more than that. ~ Kailin Gow

President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women. ~ Cecile Richards

The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process. ~ Herbert Butterfield

Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all. ~ Michelle Bachelet

There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women. ~ Nicholas D. Kristof

Jealousy is like wasabe - a little can add excitement to your salmon sashimi but too much can make you cry and trigger facial contortions. I find it very flattering if someone is jealous of me. It is an affirmation that I am hot and spectacular. It is a confirmation of my value and importance. Yes, I am vain. ~ Jessica Zafra

JB's mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women. ~ Charlaine Harris

The image I gravitate towards are spunky women, women who talk back. ~ Catherine Hicks

Don't let anyone rob you of hope. ~ Pope Francis

All beautiful women are murderers. You've probably heard it said before. ~ Mike Lester

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. ~ Katharine Hepburn

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs. ~ Marguerite Duras

People like their women to be lovely. Women are a lot of different things. ~ Deirdre Sullivan

I can be a little prickly when people make assumptions about women. ~ Michael Pryor

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with. ~ Evita Peron

Women prefer speaking to talking. ~ Raheel Farooq

Women empowerment begins at home! ~ Alex Haditaghi

Why would men want to do without women? We adore women."
"Because they serve you," she grumbled.
"No.Because they complement us. And I mean complement with an e,not an i. Women are our other halves. Men need women. ~ Susan Mallery

I defend the authority of women and explore its meaning for them rather than assume they need to be more accommodating or sensitive. ~ David Bedrick

We are women. And women are warriors, after all. ~ Louise O'Neill

Marjan. I have told him tales of good women and bad women, strong women and weak women, shy women and bold women, clever women and stupid women, honest women and women who betray. I'm hoping that, by living inside their skins while he hears their stories, he'll understand over time that women are not all this way or that way. I'm hoping he'll look at women as he does at men
that you must judge each of us on her own merits, and not condemn us or exalt us only because we belong to a particular sex. ~ Susan Fletcher

Alanna Carrington, head witch of the Philadelphia Coven, hurtled his way, and with her, trouble was a guarantee. ~ Katherine McIntyre

Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain. ~ Samuel Richardson

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women. ~ Salma Hayek

Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good -on your mirror! ~ Susan Jeffers

One of my life's goals is to help women see things on a UTERUS level and not judge one another by the melanin content of their skin! ~ Gail Hayes

Having seen all of their fathers and husbands walk out the door[...], each woman understood most completely the nature of women's interconnectedness. Being reliant upon only women also had meant that the particulars of problem solving were addressed in ways known to women and using women's methods. ~ Tracey Lindberg

Then, people expect women to be that easy to understand, and women are mad at themselves for not being that simple- When in actuality, women ARE complicated. Women are multifaceted. Not because women are crazy . But because people are crazy, and women happen to be people. ~ Tavi Gevinson

I feel like everyone has a preference. You have women who don't like shorter guys. You have women who like taller guys. You have women who like heavier men. You have women who like smaller men. It's the same thing with men. You have men who prefer lighter women and men who prefer darker women. ~ Sevyn Streeter

I had noticed, even then, that there were certain women whom other women instinctively disliked, and that these women invariably had more bait in the water than the women who disliked them. ~ Pete Dexter

Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets for women's rights and human rights. ~ Martha Plimpton

That everything in the society actually revolves about women, not men. The men are all looking at pictures of women, and the women are all communicating with other women. ~ Jonathan Franzen

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions. ~ Taslima Nasrin

Modern women like to think we invented the idea of balancing work and family but women have always done it. ~ Clare Wright

Well, they little know what women are. Women are slow to rouse, but once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way. ~ Various

The women of Juarez, and women across the world, do not want to have to take revenge, any more than Procne and Philomela did. What they want is to be able to rely on the modern gods -- the police, the courts, and the media -- for justice. ~ Helen Morales

If the world was taking care of women, women would take care of the world. ~ Jane Roberts

Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women's struggles. And I said yes, but at the same time, it's also important to tell stories about women's triumphs, women being slackers, women being criminals, women being heroes. ~ Diablo Cody

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously. ~ David Mitchell

There are women who make things better ... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday ... Women like you. ~ Ashley Rice

Women's vulnerability around money is hardly exclusive to Africa. Throughout the world, women struggle with financial power. In the West, women's financial literacy is notably lower than men's. That lack of knowledge means that many women slide into poverty when they become widows. ~ Ann Cotton

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women. ~ Dennis Rodman

Maybe men who still have the cave-man expectations of women should be sent back into caves. A lot of women will readily volunteer to build such caves free of charge. ~ Dauglas Dauglas

Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe for all - every gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, age, and ability. ~ Bella Abzug

Women instinctually know how to nourish each other, and just being with each other is restorative ~ Tanja Taaljard

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. ~ Hillary Clinton

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. ~ Nora Ephron

Far from women as a species being vain, flirty or irrational, overemotional, hysterical, lunatic or morally weak, what strikes me about women and their history is just how damn sane we have managed to stay. ~ Jane Caro

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. ~ Mae West

They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second. ~ Michelle Shocked

To understand the *True Meaning Of Life*, just ~Study~ the *EveryDay WoMen*!! ~ Aisare NoMon

Psychologists cannot fix the world so they fix women. ~ Germaine Greer

I know formidable women, dozens of them, women who fight and who win... Noble women. Heroic ones. ~ Lyndsay Faye

Women over fifty today are the first women ever to have almost universally earned their own money for most of their lives. This is by any definition revolutionary, although it rarely gets commented upon. It is almost as if what happens to women remains largely invisible. ~ Jane Caro

I'm proud of her; she's proud of me. There is no competition animosity, envy, or jealousy. We're just secure, confident women doing our thing while supporting each other. I call that a SiSTARship and it is the essence of a Smart Woman Achieving Greatness. (SWAG) ~ Sabrina Newby

O how many noble deeds of women are lost in obscurity! ~ Seneca.

Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too. ~ Suzanne Fields

There is a simple explanation for why men haven't found women funny. It's because men only ever experience women in relation to men: they never get to see what women are like with one another. Shows like ours started to let men in on the joke. ~ Magda Szubanski

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know. ~ Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

I love talking about clothes with women; it's like a code because women dress for women. ~ Mindy Kaling

Women may show some discrimination about whom they sleep with, but they'll marry anybody. ~ Anthony Powell

Women deformed by the pornographic sexual template
perceive other women as masturbatory objects. ~ Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Women are created to inspire ... neither men nor women utilize this well. ~ Sameh Elsayed

Women without men, I realized then, are totally different creatures. ~ Shashi Deshpande