Battle Of The Sexes Quotes

“Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.”
― Henry Kissinger

“That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches.”
― Robert Bloch, Psycho

“The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.”
― Quentin Crisp, Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour

“The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the place, the place owned us.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

“It is arrogance in us to call frankness, fairness, and chivalry ‘masculine’ when we see them in a woman; it is arrogance in them to describe a man’s sensitiveness or tact or tenderness as ‘feminine.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Personally, I don't deal much in theory. I have to deal with the facts. And on the basis of facts, I don't see much difference in the behavior of men and women.”
― Michael Crichton, Disclosure

“There are as many violent women as men, but there's a lot of money in hating men, particularly in the United States -- millions of dollars. It isn't a politically good idea to threaten the huge budgets for women's refuges by saying that some of the women who go into them aren't total victims.”
― Erin Pizzey

“After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“Me Tarz-tosterone; You Estro-Jane”
― Tony Cleaver, A Chain of Flames

“She sat there reading; cool, calm and collected." You could ruin his life with that information, "her friend reported triumphantly. The woman sighed, clearly annoyed at being interrupted." If I did he would never forget me, "she replied." Besides...I don't care enough about his life to concern myself with what he does with it as long as he doesn't concern himself with thoughts of me. "Her friend furrowed her brows." Why? "she asked. The woman set her book down, leaned forward provocatively and said," Because then I'd have to think of him too.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again.”
― Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam and Eve and Other Stories

“She is playing a game that she doesn't want to play, but can't seem to quit. As a player she wishes to see how the game concludes, but she also wishes the other player would retreat. She wants to win after-all and she makes for a sore loser, but her combatant uses his moves to keep her off-guard and primed for his advance. Should she block him, outmaneuver him, or just play dead until his back is turned? Isn't the last the way of the female?”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“Some men are so indoctrinated that they sincerely believe that other than cooking and cleaning the only thing that a woman can do better than them is being a woman.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I hate such eccentricities, Sue. There's no order or regularity in your sentiments!”
― Thomas Hardy

“Well, you know. Some people are like wolves and some are like bears. And bears and wolves don’t go together. You don’t see me trying to convince you to be a wolf? So, why are you trying to convince me to be a bear?”
I could hear him blinking on the other side of the line. “Can you translate that into English?”
“Wolves mate for life. Bears hit and run.”
― Candice Raquel Lee, The Innocent: A Myth

“Far from being a magic nostrum, true love, so-called, was a lingering illness, a clash of cold steel, a take no-prisoners war between Venus and Mars.”
― Nina Mason, Starry Knight

“(He) may have won a battle, but he was about to lose the war.”
― Linda Rodríguez McRobbie, Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings

“So you worked for the war industry but came to your senses!” [Margy Van Alstyne] darted a glance at her son. “What rank were you?”

“I was a captain when I resigned.” [Clare]

“Ha!” Margy Van Alstyne’s elbow caught Russ in the solar plexus. “She outranks you, son! Finally, a woman who can boss you around!”

“Every woman in my life bosses me around,” he muttered, rubbing his stomach.”
― Julia Spencer-Fleming, A Fountain Filled with Blood

“I’d love to have the kind of friend who would visit me before visiting a man. Otherwise I know where I’m ranked, which is below him.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“When it comes to men, I appreciate them, don’t bash them and never love them.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“90% of relationship issues are caused by misunderstandings, 9.9% by conflicts of interest. Luckily, ladies and gentlemen can always come to an agreement.”
― Stefan Emunds

“Such cool courtesy, Alicia!' Jean-Marc drawled with soft mockery." Where is the Snow Queen now?'

'Marshalling her forces!' she snapped.

'Have I scattered them, cherie?' he murmured.

'No, you have not!' she said angrily. 'I just didn't expect to have to fight when I arrived here! This is a romantic weekend for me!'

"Not any more,' he drawled." From the minute I kissed you this afternoon, it became war. Our war, Alicia. Our private war... "

-JeanMark & Alicia”
― Sarah Holland, Last of the Great French Lovers

“Jag vet mycket litet i kvinnofrågan, ty den rör mig icke, men jag tror, efter vad jag sett, att vår generation kommer avskaffa det asiatiska, som ännu finnes i äktenskapet. Båda parterna avsluta ett fritt fördrag, ingen uppger sin självständighet, den ena söker icke uppfostra den andra, man lär sig respektera varandras svagheter och man har ett kamratskap för livet, som icke tröttar genom den ena partens pockande på ömhet. Fru Nicolaus Falk, du vet, den där välgörande djäveln, den anser jag vara ingenting annat än en femme entretenue, och så betraktar hon ju sig själv också; de flesta fruar gifta sig för att få det bra och slippa arbeta, att bli" sin egen "; att där ingås så få äktenskap, det är kvinnans fel, och mannens!”
― August Strindberg, Röda Rummet

“God's image bearers were divided, and the battle of the sexes commenced. Instead of ruling and subduing the earth, they turned against one another and sought to rule and subdue each other.”
― Carolyn Custis James, Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women

“It is said about women that you can’t live with them and you can’t live without them. Ironically, once you’ve learned to live without them, living with them is a whole lot easier and a lot more fun. Assuming the same applies to men, perhaps it is only misperceived dependence that makes getting along with each other seem so difficult.”
― George Hammond

“As is true for financial markets, total transparency between the sexes would go a long way towards eliminating irrational exuberance.”
― George Hammond