Quote by Kate Clinton

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mou

Summary

This quote sarcastically suggests that there are some women who are uncomfortable acknowledging their own sexual orientation, even when it seems obvious to others. It subtly criticizes the reluctance or difficulty some individuals may face in openly embracing and verbalizing their identity, particularly when it comes to non-heteronormative or same-sex attractions. The quote highlights the societal pressure and stigma that might prevent people from freely expressing their true selves.

Topics

Women

By Kate Clinton

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required.

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.

America

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

Value

To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men

To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because England's policy was astute or the Duke of Oldenburg was wronged. We cannot grasp what connection such circumstances have the with the actual fact of slaughter and violence: why because the Duke was wronged, thousands of men from the other side of Europe killed and ruined the people of Smolensk and Moscow and were killed by them.

War Reason Battle

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun.

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

Travel

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

Grief Grieving

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Constitution

Good people are good people; religion has nothing to do with

Good people are good people; religion has nothing to do with it.

Humanity Love Religion

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examin

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Fashion

I don't drink any more than the man next to me, and the man

I don't drink any more than the man next to me, and the man next to me is Dean Martin.

Alcohol/alcoholism

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is li

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

Advice Writing Clever Exclamation Point

Do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomi

Do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning th

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Experience Learning