Victoria Woodhull Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
-
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
-
I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.
-
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
-
I have my dad's shape. No booty.
-
A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
-
Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
-
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
-
I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
-
High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
-
We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'
-
I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
-
I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
-
The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
-
Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.
-
I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job.
-
We all have very personal relationships to what happened on 9/11 and the events after tracking Osama bin Laden. Nobody can escape from the influence of that.
-
I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy... We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the economy, and I have rejected some corners that have called for a slash-and-burn approach, and I've rejected others who have called for raising taxes and leaving government as is.
-
When I first did The Tracey Ullman Show, there were times when I could offer a solution on stage, and I could understand the writers.
-
"Mine ain't a selfish affection, you know," said Mr. Toots, in the confidence engendered by his having been a witness of the Captain's tenderness. "It's the sort of thing with me, Captain Gills, that if I could be run over - or - or trampled upon - or - or thrown off a very high place -or anything of that sort - for Miss Dombey's sake, it would be the most delightful thing that could happen to me."
-
For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.