John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes

Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity.

John Boyle O'Reilly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: June 28, 1844 - August 10, 1890

Topics

WomanMasculinityHardFemininity

We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes.

Joe Jackson

MistakesMake

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.

Meg Rosoff

GoodBeliefBooksContraryPopular

Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.

John Ortberg

WhoPreachersShapedScriptures

Climate change is one of those stories that deserves more attention, that we all talk about, but we haven't figured out how to engage the audience in that story in a meaningful way. When we do do those stories, there does tend to be a tremendous amount of lack of interest on the audience's part.

Jeff Zucker

ChangeStoryAttentionClimate Change

I'm a huge fan of 'Predator.'

Sterling K. Brown

FanPredatorHuge FanHuge

Just to be back in the world of 'The Librarian' again was such a joy.

Dean Devlin

JoyWorldBackJustAgainLibrarian

I like to stand out in the crowd. So anytime a designer offers up items that are a little attention grabbing or pushing the boundaries ever so slightly, I'm always game for that.

Brad Goreski

GameStandAttentionBoundariesOut

When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

KissMeFeelInterestingDoingCopy

The problem with filming something is that we struggle desperately to make three dimensions out of two dimensions. It can't be done.

Sydney Pollack

StruggleProblemDoneThreeTwoOut

I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

Scott Ellis

LoveResearchReadingBigI Love

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.

Todd Barry

KnowledgePeopleThoughtSomeoneMay

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

James Hillman

PowerPeopleControlSocietyTalking

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