KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Rebecca West Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Rebecca West

Showing 21-30 of 38 Quotes by Rebecca West

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I write books to find out about things.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Rebecca West

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: December 21st, 1892

Died: March 15th, 1983

Links

Find Rebecca West on Amazon

Related Authors

Leo Buscaglia
Joseph Campbell
Helen Keller
C. S. Lewis
Tony Robbins
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
Zig Ziglar

Popular Authors

Thomas Aquinas Jean-Michel Basquiat Henry Ford John Keats Steve Martin Christopher Mccandless Elvis Presley Malala Yousafzai

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Car Great Marriage Patriotism Poetry Relationship Romantic Strength