Carrie Chapman Catt Quotes

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1859 - March 9, 1947

Topics

LawOpinionMoreBeenThanCustom

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

Joan Baez

PeopleMeDoingSayNeverRealist

They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

Andrea Mitchell

MorningMeThoughtPerfectMidnight

People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.

Matthew Shipp

PeopleWorldLookingGenerationYou

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

Andy Murray

FamilyLoveFatherMotherTogether

I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? And I'd like to learn about what you're doing.' And I don't know, most of them said yes.

Michael Dell

LearnDoingYouKnowSaidSee

I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.

Amor Towles

StyleReadingLovedTriumphAlways

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Josh Billings

FunnyWaterFlatteryLikeCologne

I think most of the people like the kind of player like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. They're pretty tall, and they can do everything.

Jose Altuve

PeopleThinkKindTallEverything

My family is a little ridiculous. They're wild - really colorful and animated and big personalities.

Christen Press

FamilyRidiculousColorfulWildBig

I'm a deeply boring person in real life; I don't do any drinking and going out until four in the morning. I'll usually head straight home for a cup of tea.

Bonnie Langford

LifeHomeMorningTeaPersonBoring

I show elements of the set in my pictures because it's not real. When I see movies, I often love the 'making of' more than the movie itself. It's not so final. When you have a woman just standing there, it doesn't mean much.

Peter Lindbergh

LoveWomanYouPicturesMoviesMean

You don't have to believe anything, adopt a dogma in order to learn how to meditate.

Sharon Salzberg

BelieveLearnYouAnythingOrder

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