Another gem from the ‘literary’ piles in the EIL office, dedicated to all the women in my life—those just beginning life’s journey, those in the prime of their lives, and those in our golden oldies full of wisdom and memories—and all the wonderful men in my life: You’ve come a long way, baby!
Growing old is hard to do.
The hardest years in life are those between 10 and 70.
-Helen Hayes (at 73)
Inside every older person is a younger person—wondering what the hell happened.
-Cora Harvey Armstrong
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
-Lily Tomlin
Old age ain’t no place for sissies.
-Bette Davis
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together, and your body starts falling apart.
-Caryn Leschen
I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.
-Janette Barber
It’s a woman’s world, after all.
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends,
-Laurie Kuslansky
A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. A woman must do what he can’t.
-Rhonda Hansome
The phrase “working mother” is redundant.
-Jane Sellman
Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the window.
-Jennifer Unlimited
Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
-Charlotte Whitton
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.
-Elayne Boosier
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
-Maryon Pearson
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
-Margaret Thatcher
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
-Gloria Steinem
I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car.
-Carrie Snow
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
-Jennifer Unlimited
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Anonymous
When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called ME slow!
-Kathy Buckley
Wine & flowers—white, red or pink—are the perfect companions.
I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb…and I’m also not blonde.
-Dolly Parton
If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.
-Sue Grafton
My second favourite household chore is ironing. My first being, hitting my head on the top bunk until I faint.
-Erma Bombeck
I’m not going to vacuum until Sears makes one I can ride on.
-Roseanne Barr
. . . and I would like to add the quip from a 1982 Frank & Ernest cartoon:
“Sure he was great, but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels.”
That’s a beauty! Enjoy the weekend and the day, BMP