#type

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #type




There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I can certainly acquit the women. Whatever man allows his mind to dwell upon the imprint his imagination has foolishly taken of women, is fanning the flames within himself -- and, since the woman knows nothing about it, she is not to blame. For if a man incites himself to drown, and will not restrain himself, it is not the water's fault.


John Gower


#clichés #deceit #delusion #discrimination #double-standards

Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?


Christine de Pizan


#double-standards #gender #hypocrisy #immorality #men

She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable.


Neal Stephenson


#inspirational #men-and-women #understanding #understanding-oneself-and-others #inspirational

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.


Michael Andretti


#cars #challenging #different #different types #drivers

What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if I do that. Poor lamb! I shall have to make him believe I only did it by looking fragile and pathetic at the viva.


Dorothy L. Sayers


#academia #academic-degrees #achievements #clichés #double-standards

In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business.


Carlos Alvarez


#business #certainly #close #contact #family

Life'd be a lot easier if it were like a fairy tale," said Cassandra, "if people belonged to stock character types." "Oh, but people do, they only think they don't. Even the person who insists such things don't exist is a cliché: the dreary pedant who insists on his own uniqueness!


Kate Morton


#uniqueness #life

I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let her live, to let her make it through the night.


Travis Thrasher


#christian-fiction #good-reads #horror #redemption #solitary

Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.


Rita Mae Brown


#men-and-women #love

The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls upon the dreamer.


C.G. Jung


#archetype #children #dreams #psychology #symbolism