Quote of the Day for 2016-06-09

"The way society is organized at the moment, we have no choice but to blame men for bad behavior. If we allowed men to act like unrestrained horny animals, all hell would break loose. All I'm saying is that society has evolved to keep males in a state of continuous unfulfilled urges, more commonly known as unhappiness."

— Scott Adams (1957-    ) "Pegs and Holes," Scott Adams' Blog (June 15, 2011)

John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in the "Mark it Zero" scene from The Big Lebowski (1998)

Quote of the Day for 2016-04-23

"To the end, it may be a government of laws and not of men."

— John Adams (1735-1826) Constitution of Massachusetts, part 1, article 30 (1780)

Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney during a farewell ceremony for Rumsfeld at the Pentagon (December 15, 2006) Photograph by Stefan Zaklin

Quote of the Day for 2016-03-06

"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self—in the mirror of some woman's eyes."

— Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) The Women, act 1, scene 3

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt (1907)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-28

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

— Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) Commentarii de Bello Gallico, book III, chapter XVIII

Ted Cruz at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. (October 2011) Photograph by Jeff Malet

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-17

"Women have a hard time of it in this world. They are oppressed by man-made laws, man-made social customs, masculine egoism, the delusion of masculine superiority. Their one comfort is the assurance that, even though it may be impossible to prevail against man, it is always possible to enslave and torture a man."

— H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) "Duty Before Security," The Smart Set, June 1919

Lobby card for The Lion in Winter (1968) Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Peter O'Toole as Henry II

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-09

"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

— Abigail Adams (1744-1818) Letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776

The Women's Strike for Equality march down Fifth Ave. in New York City (August 26, 1970) Photo by Bob Adelman

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-03

"Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance."

— Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) "A Marriage Contract," Scenes from Private Life, The Human Comedy.

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer (circa 1665)