“Art is a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body. The entireness of the votary. Nothing less will win its highest favor. I wed art. It is my husband, my world, my life dream, the air I breathe. I know nothing else, feel nothing else, think nothing else.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsHeartArtSoulFeelingsDreamBodyWinningBrainAirHusbandDemandHighestArt IsBreatheFavorsMy HusbandTyrantsLife Dream Author:Rosa Bonheur
“Let every woman ask herself: "Why am I the slave of man? Why is my brain said not to be the equal of his brain? Why is my work notpaid equally with his? Why must my body be controlled by my husband? Why may he take my labor in the household, giving me in exchange what he deems fit? Why may he take my children from me? Will them away while yet unborn?" Let every woman ask.” MenGivingMayChildrenSaidBodyAsksBrainFitHusbandEqualLaborSlaveMy ChildrenMy HusbandControlledHouseholdUnbornMale Dominance Author:Voltairine de Cleyre
“Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband” UseBrainHusbandThirdsHorse Author:Lauren Bacall
“We [me and husband ] had been learning about the Khazars, and I had read Michael Chabon's novel [Gentlemen of the Road] the year before, so all these things are kind of roiling around in my brain, and then I slipped on the ice and I broke my wrist, and it had to be surgically repaired.” YearsKindBrainNovelHusbandIceBrokeGentlemanWrists Author:Emily Barton
“Imagine yourself as a wife, and you have to look at a brain-injured husband for the rest of your life, and he can't talk to you. But we're paying for this. That's the easy part, money payment. But how do you pay for the misery? So if we can, we should be able to avoid war.” IfsShouldLooksWarAbleEasyPayBrainWifeImagineHusbandMiseryRest Of Your LifePaymentInjured Author:Daniel Inouye
“My whole childhood when I was growing up, Michael Jackson was my husband. My cousins had Jackie Jackson and my sister had Jermaine Jackson. We all had the brothers, but Michael was my husband. So, to me, in my little 6-year-old or 13-year-old brain I'm talking to my husband. I don't want to get over excited. I don't want to sound too much like a screaming fan.” BrainGrowing UpChildhoodBrotherHusbandExcitedMy HusbandMy SisterCousin Author:Siedah Garrett
“On a personal level, I do a "brain dump" where everything that's in my head that needs doing gets written down. It gives your brain a rest. And then I give myself permission not to do everything on that list. I'm much more clear about my priorities: What are those moments of connection that are most important to me? Today is a busy workday but it's also a snow day, so I'm going cross-country skiing with my husband. And then I'll come back and finish my work.” GivingImportantMomentsTodayBrainHusbandBusyPrioritiesSnowMy HusbandSkiing Author:Brigid Schulte
“My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.” BrainHusbandMouthsCall MeMy HusbandCatfish Author:Dolly Parton
“Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his head first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate. All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him.” IfsMenFirstsBrainHusbandRingsUnhappyUnhappy MarriageBest HusbandChumps Author:P. G. Wodehouse