Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown

American writer, activist, and feminist

Lived from: 1944 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 28 november 1944

  • This is a celebration of individual freedom, not of homosexuality. No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

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  • A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
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  • The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
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  • Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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  • For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.
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  • Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
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  • I ask you men...what are you so afraid of? If I am equal to you in power, does that diminish you?
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  • I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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  • I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage.
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  • I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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  • If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
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  • If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
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  • Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
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  • Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
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  • Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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  • Morals are private. Decency is public.
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  • Novelty is not necessarily a virtue.
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  • One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
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  • Television and film demand that people at all levels have brass balls or brass ovaries. Unfortunately, we live in the reign of the eunuch.
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  • The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.
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  • This is a celebration of individual freedom, not of homosexuality. No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
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What are the most famous quotes from Rita Mae Brown?

The two most famous quotes from Rita Mae Brown are:

  • "A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."
  • "The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself."

When did Rita Mae Brown live?

Rita Mae Brown was born in 1944.