Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Bernstein

Hillary [Clinton] is neither the demon of the right's perception, nor a feminist saint, nor is she particularly emblematic of her time perhaps more old-fashioned than modern.

Carl Andre

I'm a feminist. I've always been in favor of women.

Agnes Varda

Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.

Diane Wakoski

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.

Louis C. K.

Stereotypically speaking feminists can't take a joke. ::audience boo:: See?

Barbara Ehrenreich

The feminist anti-pornography movement, no less than the feminist movement of a century ago, encourages the assumption that male and female sexuality, and possibly morality, are as unlike as yin and yang.

Jane Campion

I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer.

Camille Paglia

Whiffle [whine and wheeze and snuff and sniffle]: The annoying scratchy sound made by weepy feminists as they lament the sufferings of women and, houndlike, sniff out evidence of male oppression.

Carol Moseley Braun

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

C. S. Lewis

You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.

C. S. Lewis

Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you don't realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the ordinary.

C. S. Lewis

Enemy-occupied territory - that is what this world is.

Agnes de Mille

Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.

Charlotte Bronte

I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

Charles de Lint

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.

Charles Dickens

Yes. He is quite a good fellow - nobody's enemy but his own.

Charles Caleb Colton

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.

Mike Birbiglia

When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.

Tracy Morgan

So I think all comedians are earning their wings into heaven. We're all going to heaven, but everybody's not going to get their wings. Some people are just going to be regular angels. Doing cleanup, janitor work. In heaven, I'm going to sit on the couch with Oprah.

Dave Chappelle

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

Alan Moore

Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead.

Nica Burns

The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent. In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight.

Nica Burns

The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent, ... In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight.

Maria Bamford

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

Louis C. K.

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better.

Jamie Foxx

I love music. I've always wanted to do music, even when I started out as a comedian.