#woman

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#between #ceremony #connected #hand #holy

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#charleston #dance #day #ended #fast

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? ↗

— Vida Blue

#child #every #every man #i #i think

How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#anything #bidding #doctor #even #good

Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#before #belief #better #compressed #even

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

#farmers #generally #hens #men #rooster

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. ↗

— Edward VIII

#carry #discharge #duties #found #heavy

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#her #long #look #own #perfectly

A woman called me interesting once, and it kind of blew my mind. She said, 'You're one of the most interesting people I've ever met,' and I was like, 'Wow.' ↗

— Zac Efron

#called #ever #i #interesting #interesting people

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. ↗

— George Eliot

#every #monster #motives #same #set