“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.”
“Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him”
“It is said that behind every great man lies a great woman. This is because women lie.”
Attention Scum! (2001), Episode Two
1960s
Source: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) "Foreword"
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
As quoted in "Václav Havel: Heir to a Spiritual Legacy" by Richard L. Stanger in Christian Century (11 April 1990) http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=767
Context: It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly hard! But only thence does the road lead... to a radically new insight into the mysterious gravity of my existence as an uncertain enterprise and to its transcendental meaning.
“A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.”
Source: Life Is Worth Living
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/funmi-falana-tells-nigerians-to-defend-their-human-rights/ Funmi Falana speaking during a walk to commemorate the International Human Rights Day
“There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.”
Source: Erak's Ransom
