The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

Quote by Rebecca West

Topics: Women Quotes

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues,...

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.