Rita Mae Brown Quotes

"The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself."
-Rita Mae Brown in Reward quotes.

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."
-Rita Mae Brown

"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."
-Rita Mae Brown in Happiness quotes.

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."
-Rita Mae Brown in Sanity quotes.

"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."
-Rita Mae Brown in Water quotes.

"I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage."
-Rita Mae Brown

"My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share."
-Rita Mae Brown in Giving quotes.

"One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."
-Rita Mae Brown

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."
-Rita Mae Brown in Reason quotes.

"Television and film demand that people at all levels have brass balls or brass ovaries. Unfortunately, we live in the reign of the eunuch."
-Rita Mae Brown in People quotes.

"Novelty is not necessarily a virtue."
-Rita Mae Brown

"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."
-Rita Mae Brown

"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."
-Rita Mae Brown in Hope quotes.

"Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit."
-Rita Mae Brown

"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment."
-Rita Mae Brown in Experience quotes.

"Morals are private. Decency is public."
-Rita Mae Brown

"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."
-Rita Mae Brown

"Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides."
-Rita Mae Brown in Language quotes.

"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."
-Rita Mae Brown in Inspiration quotes.

"Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women."
-Rita Mae Brown in Sex quotes.

"Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace."
-Rita Mae Brown in Peace quotes.

"Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know."
-Rita Mae Brown

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."
-Rita Mae Brown

"You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners."
-Rita Mae Brown

"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."
-Rita Mae Brown in Government quotes.

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle."
-Rita Mae Brown in World quotes.