Annie Besant Quotes

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Annie Besant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 1, 1847 - September 20, 1933

Topics

WomenEvilThoughtChurchChristian

I took my time to find the perfect girl.

Joe Namath

GirlTimePerfectFindMy TimeTook

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

Jo Brand

WomenThoughtLookImportantNice

I love creating that community and writing about that place, because I think, in some ways, Bois Sauvage is like the DeLisle of my past; it's like the DeLisle of the '80s that I can never return to. So in some ways, when I write about Bois Sauvage, I'm writing about a home that I've lost.

Jesmyn Ward

LoveHomeCommunityPastWriting

By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction from the whole of which it is a distinction.

John Dewey

ComplexAbstractionWholeObject

Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.

Matthew Green

ExperienceCommon SenseProvidence

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Anita Brookner

FriendshipLoveAccountability

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

Steve Earle

New YorkPeopleCityTraditionLong

When we were in school, we were told that Stalin was a madman who got control of Europe, which teaches you nothing.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SchoolControlYouNothingEurope

We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce.

Tommy Thompson

LostManufacturingWorkforceHalf

I think it's possible to have a conservative serve in a cardinal position, a subcommittee chair position, and be very effective.

Tom Graves

ThinkChairPossibleConservative

I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.

Robert Wagner

KidEuropeWorkingThrillFordJohn

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.

Ronan Farrow

GoodPeopleIdeasPowerfulWherever

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