Puritanicalness Quotes & Sayings

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines
Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines
In two straight lines they broke their bread
And brushed their teeth and went to bed.
They left the house at half past nine
In two straight lines in rain or shine-
The smallest one was Madeline. — Ludwig Bemelmans

We are honest about our methods and our mistakes. We are not perfect - it isn't possible to be perfect - but we are trying to go in the right direction and in those circumstances, it's best not to mystify what we are trying to do. — Anita Roddick

Sex is still on the table. We just keep the yucky love stuff out of it."
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"Now where is this table you speak of to have sex on? You should take me there. Now. — Eden Ashe

Call me names, dearest! Call me thy bird
That flies to thy breast at one cherishing word,
That folds its wild wings there, ne'er dreaming of flight,
That tenderly sings there in loving delight!
Oh! my sad heart keeps pining for one fond word,
Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird! — Frances Sargent Osgood

You shouldn't say I can't until you've tried. — Patrick Henry Hughes

There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways. — Eve Ensler

That hunger for power will need to be beaten out of her, — Claire Thompson

I'm at a bar with a woman! So there, you disgusting whore! And I'm going to take her back to our house and I'm going to have sex with her!" His voice grew louder and louder, cracking with an intensity. "That's right! On the couch, in our bed, on the kitchen floor, on the goddamn kitchen table! How do you like that, you cheating, miserable skank?" Then he flipped his phone shut, looked at me and smiled. "So where were we?" he asked pleasantly. — Kristan Higgins

It is just that she was fifteen once for the first time, and Peter walked across her heart and left his footprints there. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

Aristotle once said, To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing. — Dave Ramsey

The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that ... women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. — Louise Otto-Peters