WIST Quotations

Martin, Judith -- “Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1981-03-29)

Dave — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:34:42 +0000

Machines do not have feelings. […] This is not to say that no inanimate objects have feelings — toys are loaded with feelings, for instance, and only a monster would break the heart of a rag doll.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1981-03-29)
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Collected in Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Part 3 "Basic Civilization," "Common Courtesy for All Ages" (1983).

Cox, Marcelene -- “Ask Any Woman” column, Ladies’ Home Journal (1948-01)

Dave — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:36:36 +0000

To give a little girl a doll that is not to be used any more than the old-fashioned parlor was used is to violate every principle of fair dealing in childhood.

Marcelene Cox (1900-1998) American writer, columnist, aphorist
“Ask Any Woman” column, Ladies’ Home Journal (1948-01)
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Greer, Germaine -- “Curves,” The Female Eunuch (1970)

Dave — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:23:53 +0000

A full bosom is actually a millstone around a woman’s neck: it endears her to the men who want to make their mammet of her, but she is never allowed to think that their popping eyes actually see her.

Germaine Greer (b. 1939) Australian-English feminist, reformer, author, educator
“Curves,” The Female Eunuch (1970)
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