Despitebeingawoman Quotes & Sayings

If everyone could learn how to read books properly and how to use them as effective tools for daily living, the facilities of colleges could easily go out of existence without any loss to society.' -From a speech by the president of Mount Holyoke College, as reported in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, May 13, 1938 — Francis Beauchesne Thornton

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you. — Oscar Robertson

Ever since I was a little girl I had wanted to be — Christina Baker Kline

Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little. — Wes Welker

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. — Polly Toynbee

Man makes his own destiny. Despite being a woman, she makes Man, a Gentleman. — Vikrmn

just say . . . ?! — Rachel Renee Russell

You've made it so long without your sweet boy and now you can't take it anymore. But you can. You must. — Cheryl Strayed

It's clear there is an energy positive in producing ethanol. — Patricia A. Woertz

I love life because what more is there? — Anthony Hopkins

Cosplay. Why you just said the magic word! — Danika Stone

Writing jokes for others is like having babies for someone else. It's sad. Like the woman who gives up her baby but needs to be close so she secretly becomes the maid in the household. — Emo Philips

Parking is a nightmare for me ... I still have sensors on my car that help me park. — Jordana Brewster

Everyone wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late. Jonathan Tropper, from The Book of Joe — Madelon Phillips

Bottom line: if you're on a beach and the ground starts shaking - and especially if that shaking lasts more than one minute - it's probably a subduction earthquake and there probably will be a tsunami. The shaking is all the warning you're going to get. Head for higher ground immediately and don't wait for any official notification. — Jerry Thompson

The world, which is sometimes too stern, compensates for its harshness with its inattention. — Marguerite Yourcenar