“The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day. It is this which puzzles the longshoreman about the clerk, the Londoner about the bushman.” HumansSexHoursHuman BeingsFourMysteryTwentiesPraiseReactionsPuzzlesClerksLondonersBushmen Book:Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott Source: Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott
“A very poor kid came up to me after a talk and said 'I want to go blow up a factory.' I asked how old he was and he said 17. I said 'have you ever had sex?' He said 'no.' I said 'just remember if you get caught you aren't going to have sex for twenty years at least.' That's not saying that one person having sex is worth the salmon. I'm not saying it's a reason not to act, I'm saying don't be stupid.” IfsWantYearsPersonsSaidReasonKidsRememberSexPoorStupidTwentiesCaughtBlowFactoriesHaving SexSalmonThat One Person Author:Derrick Jensen
“Sex always has consequences. When Hitler's mother spread her legs that night, she effectively canceled out the spreading of fifteen to twenty million other pairs of legs.” MotherNightSexMillionsConsequenceTwentiesLegsSpreadPairsFifteen Author:George Carlin
“I don't think I would ever write a book with what anybody could call pornography in it, because I feel that pornography is a cheat. It is an attempt to provide sexual experience by secondhand means. Now sex is a thing which has to be experienced firsthand, if you are really going to understand it, and pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. It's not the same thing. Sex is primarily a question of relationships. Pornography is a do-it-yourself kit--a twenty-second best.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingTryingMeanBookSexTwentiesBarsCheatPornographySymphonyDo It YourselfSecond Best Author:Robertson Davies
“From early Colonial days, sex life in America had been based on the custom of men supporting women. That situation reached its heyday in the Twenties when it was easy for any dabbler in stocks to flaunt his manhood by lavishing an unearned income on girls. But with the stock-market crash, men were hard put even to keep their wives, let alone spend money on sex outside the home. The adjustment was much easier on women than on men, who jumped out of windows in droves, whereas I can't recall a single headline that read: KEPT GIRL LEAPS FROM LOVE NEST.” MenI CanHardHomeAmericaGirlSexEasySituationWifeEasierWindowTwentiesIncomeCustomsLeapRecallsCrashManhoodNestsAdjustmentHeadlinesHeydayMarket CrashStock Market Crash Book:Kiss Hollywood good-by Source: Kiss Hollywood good-by
“In your twenties, I think you should have all of the sex that you're inclined to have, as long as you're safe about it. Use condoms and everything. Go with your instincts. This is the time to have a lot of sex and do drugs. But make sure you live through it.” ThinkingShouldLongUseSexDrugSafeShould HaveTwentiesInstinctCondom Author:Sarah Silverman
“You'll find that marriage is a good short cut to the truth. No, not quite that. A way of doubling back to the truth. Another thing you'll find is that the years of illusion aren't those of adolescense, as the grown-ups try to tell us; they're the ones immediately after it, say the middle twenties, the false maturity if you like, when you first get thoroughly embroiled in things and lose your head. Your age, by the way, Jim. That's when you first realize that sex is important to other people besides yourself. A discovery like that can't help knocking you off balance for a time.” PeopleIfsWayTryingYearsFirstsImportantHelpingAgeSexRealizingLosesCuttingMiddleBalanceIllusionDiscoveryTwentiesMaturityKnockingShort Cuts Author:Kingsley Amis