Rachel Menken Quotes & Sayings

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. — Marya Mannes

A judicious man uses statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted upon him. — Thomas Carlyle

Don't be sorry. The only thing love needs to apologize for is being too difficult to understand and too easy to give in to. — Jay Bell

Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Write about fear. Write about pain. Write about heartache and resentment. Nothing worth reading comes from writing what can be said out loud. — Alexandra Cruz

This is no jest, but life and death, perhaps more. — Bram Stoker

I don't like the term 'chick flick.' I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down to women, like they are second best. — Mike Newell

Because there's someone else here in East Carmin. Someone hopelessly unsuitable. It's all a really bad idea and will lead to trouble of the worst sort. But no matter what, every minute in her presence makes my life a minute more complete. — Jasper Fforde