“The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement. Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.” MenMindSaidIdeasDifferentHandsBeautifulRememberWomenDarkTreeShapesShadowIdealsCatEvery ManPhrasesBranchesDescriptionGesturesWristsAnnaDifferent IdeasUnderstatementIdeal Woman Author:William Faulkner
“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” MenWorldSaidValuesLeftWomenHe ManProductsEqualityChiefsGentlemanSuffrage Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“A girl's coquetry is of the simplest, she thinks that all is said when the veil is laid aside; a woman's coquetry is endless, she shrouds herself in veil after veil, she satisfies every demand of man's vanity, the novice responds but to one.” ThinkingMenSaidGirlWomenDemandEndlessVanityVeilsSimplestShroudsNovicesCoquetry Book:A Woman of Thirty Source: A Woman of Thirty
“When my son said, "I can't stop thinking about girls," I said, "That's not gonna stop. Congratulations. You're in the club. From now until the day you die, one way or another you'll be thinking about girls.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanDiesGirlWomenSonClubsOne WayMy SonCongratulations Author:Paul Reiser
“I was reminding myself of the one basic rule for experts on females: confine yourself absolutely to explaining why she did what she has already done because that will save the trouble of explaining why she didn't do what you said she would.” SaidDoneWomenTroubleFemaleExpertsExplainingReminding Book:GAMBIT Source: GAMBIT