H. L. Mencken Quotes

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous.

H. L. Mencken

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• We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.

  

  Dale Archer
  • School
  • Kids
  • High

• It's those damn critics again.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Critics
  • Again
  • Damn

• All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Money
  • Freedom
  • Wish

• There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.

  

  Gail Collins
  • People
  • Great
  • Career

• I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
  • Good
  • Sleep

• A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Life
  • American
  • America

• I don't care about revenues.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Care
  • About

• I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • People
  • Want
  • Responsibility

• For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Years
  • Said
  • Being

• I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • Freedom
  • Me
  • Car

• If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
  • Want
  • Style
  • Purpose

• Integrating breakthrough technology into everyday products is always a challenge; at the same time, this is exactly how design makes tech products easily adoptable in life.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Life
  • Time
  • Technology

• I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Forever
  • Appreciate
  • Shopping

• New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Good
  • New
  • Zealand

• Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Life
  • Learning
  • Person

• Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.

  

  Urs Fischer
  • School
  • Art
  • New York

• I paint, and painting gives me my much needed break from my routine. Painting was a subject in my school, and I developed a liking for the lines and colours and started practising in my free time. It helps me de-stress amidst my hectic shooting schedules.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Time
  • School
  • Free

• Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Great
  • Why
  • Movie

• To me, I'm the epitome of what a ghetto child is: I was raised by a single parent; I stayed in apartments my whole life; I don't think I've ever cut the grass.

  

  2 Chainz
  • Children
  • Cutting
  • Ghetto

• Love is not just about love for your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife. Love, for me, is the love for my work, family, and even friends. The emotion is very strong. It comes with a lot of responsibilities.

  

  Rithvik Dhanjani
  • Work
  • Family
  • Love

• I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.

  

  Debi Mazar
  • Kids
  • Respect

• I am - and have always been - a Methodist.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Methodist

• I used to make all my clothes when I was in Southern Death Cult [the first incarnation of The Cult]. I still make things to wear on stage and I am involved with sketching, choosing fabric, cutting.

  

  Ian Astbury The Cult
  • Death
  • Cutting
  • Clothes

• The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Husband