Bertrand Russell Quotes

What people will - or will not - laugh at is mainly determined by their social conditioning.

Love is not necessary for sex.

Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory régime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.

To be honest, I thought it was similar to animal husbandry." Sally's tone turned dry. "Sometimes, my lady I'm afraid it isn't that different." Pippa paused, considering the ords. "Is that so?" "Men are uncomplicated, generally," Sally said, all too sage. "They're beasts when they want to be." "Brute ones!" "Ah, so you understand." Pippa tilted her head to one side. "I've read about them." Sally nodded. "Erotic texts?" "The book of Common Prayer.

In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done.

But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.

Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

There is no disease so destructive as lust.

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.

I believe in lust at first sight.And attraction.But not love.

As you get older, there are going to be a few more challenges, but thankfully I'm still feeling good.

Britten's opera tends to see things in simpler terms. It portrays an Aschenbach who wants a richer form of sexual fulfillment, and who is hemmed in by the social conventions to which he subscribes. But Visconti's use of the Mahler Adagietto is perfect for what I take to be Aschenbach's sexual desire.

When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.

I'm attracted to a lot of hot guys. If Chris Hemsworth were here, I'd light him up like a firecracker with how fast I'd jump on him.

The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.

It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.

There are mornings when all men experience with fatigue a flush of tenderness that makes them horny.

Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.

It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.

There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned.

Sex is not the problem [Lust is]