“I can see that the Lady has a genius for ruling, whilst I have a genius for not being ruled.”
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866) Scottish writer
Letter to Thomas Carlyle (28 September 1845).
UFC - "Polish ladies rule the world." Joanna Jedrzejczyk & Karolina Kowalkiewicz ready to put on a show at #UFC205!!, November 2, 2016, August 5, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/UFC/videos/10154514506546276/?fallback=1, <br class="br">After successful title defence against contender Karolina Kwalkiewicz at UFC 205 (November 2, 2016)
“I can see that the Lady has a genius for ruling, whilst I have a genius for not being ruled.”
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866) Scottish writer
Letter to Thomas Carlyle (28 September 1845).
“Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.”
Patricia C. Wrede (1953) author
Source: Magician's Ward
Jorge Luis Borges book The Man on the Threshold
"The Man on the Threshold", in The Aleph (1949); tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998). Cf. "The South" in Ficciones" (1944)
Paul Weller (singer) (1958) English singer-songwriter, Guitarist
The Whole Point Of No Return, from Café Bleu (1984)
“A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.”
Jane Austen book Persuasion
Source: Persuasion (1817)
“Beautiful military equipment don't rule the world, People rule the world. People.”
Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960) Iranian politician
Interview to CNN, January 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyH6QmFmeZE <br class="br">Interview to CNN
“Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime.”
Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress
Source: To His Coy Mistress (1650-1652)
Context: Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime.
We would sit down and think which way
To walk, and pass our long love's day.