H. L. Mencken Quotes

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

Topics

WomanManTemptationWeaponExcuse

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

Anita Baker

BirthdayFoodEatingDoingDumb

The United States did not act in Iraq in 1988 when gas was being used on the Kurds or when gas was used in the Iranian-Iraq War.

Jeff Duncan

WarActUnitedUsedBeingGas

Gray has this crisp, neat-as-a-pin thing going for it, whereas black seems lazy and, at the same time, like it's trying too hard.

Michael Bastian

TimeBlackTryingLazyGrayHard

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

Meriwether Lewis

DayMountainsPeopleWindColdHigh

Better than anything else in our culture, it enables fathers and sons to speak on a level playing field while building up from within a personal history of shared experience - a group history - that may be tapped into at will in years to come.

John Thorn

HistoryCultureExperienceBuilding

Your personality counts for a lot and how you are to work with.

Stella Maxwell

WorkPersonalityYouYourHowLot

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Stjepan Mesic

TerrorismHumanRightsHuman Rights

I'd never worn a tie before. I was a bushman.

Steven Adams

NeverTieBeforeWorn

If you look back at what I believe and what I stand for, I am certainly a proud feminist.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I AmBelieveProudStandYouLook

That's why I call the show 'Us & Them,' because I believe there is no 'them.' There's only 'us.'

Roger Waters

BelieveWhyI BelieveCallUsShow

And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.

Rube Goldberg

WorkEyesHandsStillGlad

We feel a brand should be free.

Masayoshi Son

FreeBrandFeelShould

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