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Barbara Cartland
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“I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Isthmus Years, ch. 1 (1942)
“The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in Wendy Leigh's Speaking Frankly (1978)
“The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Observer (London, January 11, 1981)
“[Referring to her first interview on French television] The French know about two things: the art of food and the art of love. I told them how I always went each year to the Ritz in Paris with my husband. France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door and asking: "Are you ill?”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diary", Evening Standard (25 October 1984), p. 6
“Morally, I think men are much stronger, Why? Because women are weaker and less intelligent. [...] That will make me popular. You know perfectly well they are not as intelligent as men, and they have awful squeaky voices. Why do we now have to have a woman reading about the games?”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are very sweet and nice, but you always have to be rather careful that they do not run off with your husband or your best lover. They are rather inclined to do that. Don't you see, you have got to be careful of women. The men do not make trouble, at least not with me.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I want a plot, I say to God, please give me a plot. And it works. [...] The other day He was a bit slow; I thought perhaps He is bored with me.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Extracts from an interview with Jenni Diski, as cited in "Homage to Barbara Cartland", London Review of Books 16:6 (18 August 1994).
“I will be voting for John Major. He is getting better and better every year. He is very, very good. He now speaks far better than he did. He's a brilliant speaker. He is learning to be a real leader. He really does speak out. Look around and who else is like the old leaders like Winston? I knew Winston when he was a little boy. He gradually got stronger and stronger. John Major came to lunch with me when he got in. He asked me what he should be doing. I said take England back to what it was. We really want lo be led, and John Major is leading as he has never before.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Labour Party are going to bring in a law that means you can go everywhere you want in the country. I have checked this with two people and they both said it was true. People will be able to walk into your garden and pick your flowers. It is absurd. My garden is a blaze of flowers. I don't want anyone In there.”
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Alex Bellos for "Why I vote Conservative: 'Sleaze? Never heard of it'" The Guardian (2 April 1997), p. 16