“Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.” GirlSecretBoysGunNoiseSecrecy Author:George Crabbe
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.” NeedsGirlActorsGunMovieFilmmaking Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?” MadeWarReasonPlayWholeProblemGirlFightingHouseBoysGroupsCreatingGunAdultsComplexesGenderSolveArguingRanToysYardsNegotiationDollsToy Guns Author:Garrison Keillor
“The home was a school. Farm and cabin households, though bookless save for the Family Bible and The Sacred Harp, taught the girls to spin, weave, quilt, cook, sew, and mind their manners; the boys to wield gun, ax, hammer and saw, to ride, plow, sow and reap, and to be men. Nobody need ever be bored. Amusement did not have to be bought.” MenNeedsMindWarHomeSchoolGirlBoysSawsTaughtGunSacredMannersCooksBoredFarmsHouseholdAmusementHammersBe A ManReapHarpsCabinsQuiltsFamily Bible Author:Richard M. Weaver
“I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.” LittlesTwoRealGirlSexTeachViolenceDangerGunDrinkingScaredDrivingOur SocietyDrinking And Driving Author:William H. Macy