Elizabeth Gould Davis Quotes

It is not men that most women worry about when they rise to the defense of the status quo. Their apparent endorsement of male supremacy is, rather, a pathetic striving for self-respect, self-justification, and self-pardon. After fifteen hundred years of subjection to men, Western woman finds it almost unbearable to face the fact that she has been hoodwinked and enslaved by her inferiors - that the master is lesser than the slave.

Elizabeth Gould Davis

• Worry
• Slave
• Defense
• Status Quo
• Self-justification

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• I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.

  

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• I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.

  

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• I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.

  

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• If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.

  

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• But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.

  

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• I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the nails off.

  

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• I take it a little bit hard on myself because I'm comparing myself a lot, and that's the kind of person I am because I'm so competitive, but it's also good, because I am competitive, so it kind of kicks you in the butt.

  

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• While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.

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• I was aware that the loosening of mortgage credit terms for subprime borrowers increased financial risk. But I believed then, as now, that the benefits of broadened home ownership are worth the risk.

  

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• Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril.

  

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• Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.

  

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• The JOBS Act is the 'topic of the moment.'

  

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• I'm really not a clothes person. To me, that's just work. It's the thing I hate to do the most. I don't want to be judged in that way.

  

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• Walking into the studio making 'Scared Hearts Club,' it was important for us as artists to write a joyful record, but using joy as a weapon because joy is the best weapon against oppression; it's the best weapon against depression.

  

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• I think there really needs to be a culture change because young girls are very interested in math and science, but somewhere along the way, they veer off of that.

  

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• Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up.

  

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• But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

  

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• King Agis said, "The Lacedaemonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."

  

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• As long as I'm not living out of a suitcase, I'm happy.

  

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• A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

  

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• I push myself to be the best I can be. I don't worry about what other people are doing, and I don't think about things I can't control.

  

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• Love is on the verge of hate each time it stoops for pardon.

  

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• It is not men that most women worry about when they rise to the defense of the status quo. Their apparent endorsement of male supremacy is, rather, a pathetic striving for self-respect, self-justification, and self-pardon. After fifteen hundred years of subjection to men, Western woman finds it almost unbearable to face the fact that she has been hoodwinked and enslaved by her inferiors - that the master is lesser than the slave.

  

  Elizabeth Gould Davis
  • Worry
  • Slave
  • Defense