Quotes with daughters

Quotes 21 till 25 of 25.

• Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

  Abigail Adams
  Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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• When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

  Cate Blanchett
  Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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• Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

  Izaak Walton
  British writer (1593 - 1683)
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• You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

  Samuel Johnson
  English writer (1709 - 1784)
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• How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.

  Adrienne Rich
  American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• immobilises
• daughters
• diameters
• fathers
• planets
• delight

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