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When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

When in doubt, freak 'em out.

When I read of the vain discussions of the present day about the Virgin Birth and other old dogmas which belong to the past, I feel how great the need is still of a real interest in the religion which builds up character, teaches brotherly love, and opens up to the seeker such a world of usefulness and the beauty of holiness.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?

When one sees one of the romantic creatures before him he imagines he is looking at some holy being, so wonderful that its one breath could dissolve him in a sea of a thousand charms and delights; but if one looks into the soul -- it's nothing but a common crocodile.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man!

When my son said, "I can't stop thinking about girls," I said, "That's not gonna stop. Congratulations. You're in the club. From now until the day you die, one way or another you'll be thinking about girls.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure.

When women come into their full power, a balance will occur which has not been seen for so long that no one remembers it.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]

When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the standard oftheir race, and are not deficient in girth also, we are amazed at the immense sacrifice of thews and sinews. What! these proportions, these bones,--and this their work! Hands which could have felled an ox have hewed this fragile matter which would not have tasked a lady's fingers! Can this be a stalwart man's work, who has a marrow in his back and a tendon Achilles in his heel?

When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all.

When women get together, they tell stories. This is how it has always been. Telling stories is our way of saying who we are, where we have come from, what we know, and where we might be headed.

When women reach the age of maturity, Mother Nature sometimes overworks their frustration to the point of irrationalism. Like themiddle-aged man...who finds himself looking longingly at a girl in her early twenties.

When women take off their corsets and heighten their skirts it always means high inflation and low morals.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!

When women talk about "privacy" they mean abortion rights, and the millions of words feminists have written about "a room of one'sown" refer to psychological space, rarely to physical solitude. For most women being alone is tantamount to being deserted.

When you are wondering whether to say something negative about someone - even if it is true - the best rule to follow is, "I'll think about doing this tomorrow.

When you have kids, you just can't believe your heart could love something so much. My kids inspire me every day and I think I'm a better singer now because they have given me a greater emotional well to draw from.

When we're hurting, it does not give us a license to hurt others.

When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world.

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

When you are in love with a man or a woman, the love you feel does not come from him or her; it is the love flowing from you own heart that you feel. Your partner is simply giving you an excuse to love. Love is always found flowing in your heart, not in your family, lover, career or art.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually synonymous.

when women progress, all of society benefits.

Where love is absent there can be no woman.

When you wish to subjugate a people, you have to convince them of their own inherent weakness.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Whether we regard the Women's Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an attack on practically everything that women value today and introduces the language and sentiments of political confrontation into the area of personal relationships.

While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me.

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.

While notable advances in certain parts of the world in woman's rights have occured in the last hundred years, the centuries of conditioning and the mentality that views women as inferior still prevade our world today.

Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.

While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social status, the position of contemporary women has not changed that radically. Much of our success still depends on our attunement to "male culture," our ability to please men, and our readiness to conform to the masculine values of our institutions.

Whoever embarks with women embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats.