Top 200 Rita Mae Brown Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.”

— Rita Mae Brown

152. “The only people are those who don’t love anybody.”

— Rita Mae Brown

153. “That’s the craziest, dumbass thing I ever heard tell of. What’s the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man? Hell, if I wanted a man, I’ll get the real thing not one of these chippies.”

— Rita Mae Brown

154. “Two wrongs don’t make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!”

— Rita Mae Brown

155. “Once you know what women are like, men get kind of boring. I’m not trying to put them down, I mean I like them sometimes as people, but sexually they’re dull.”

— Rita Mae Brown

156. “In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.”

— Rita Mae Brown

157. “It’s a big jump from smart to motherwit.”

— Rita Mae Brown

158. “I hope there is a special hell for people who mistreat animals.”

— Rita Mae Brown

159. “I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.”

— Rita Mae Brown

160. “In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.”

— Rita Mae Brown

161. “American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don’t hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn’t. They’re too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don’t in England.”

— Rita Mae Brown

162. “I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.”

— Rita Mae Brown

163. “You’ll see. You think you can do what boys do but you’re going to be a nurse, no two ways about it. It doesn’t matter about brains, brains don’t count. What counts is whether you’re a boy or a girl.”

— Rita Mae Brown

164. “Because the real worship is not one man, one vote, it’s one man, one dollar. Commerce drives democracy, not vice versa.”

— Rita Mae Brown

165. “Writers will happen in the best of families.”

— Rita Mae Brown

166. “People aren’t grapes – you can’t weigh them in a bunch, but I guess it’s easier than dealing with people as individuals.”

— Rita Mae Brown

167. “The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I’ve always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.”

— Rita Mae Brown

168. “Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.”

— Rita Mae Brown

169. “Consider the “new” woman. She’s trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She’s supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.”

— Rita Mae Brown

170. “You might say the first American Revolution was against the tyranny of King George. The second American Revolution must be against the tyranny of selfishness.” This.”

— Rita Mae Brown

171. “Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.”

— Rita Mae Brown

172. “Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.”

— Rita Mae Brown

173. “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”

— Rita Mae Brown

174. “I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it’s harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.”

— Rita Mae Brown

175. “Anyway, how did I know the president was for real? I never saw him, just pictures in the paper and they can make those up. How do you know someone is real if you don’t see him?”

— Rita Mae Brown

176. “Every place has unsolved crimes because people don’t want to know.”

— Rita Mae Brown

177. “I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.”

— Rita Mae Brown

178. “The dead are the only people to have permanent dwellings.”

— Rita Mae Brown

179. “If you don’t like my book, write your own.”

— Rita Mae Brown

180. “It’s still easier to take a blow from outside than it is to be disgusted with myself for not taking a stand. I don’t know how people can live and not fight back but apparently millions do. They must hate themselves.”

— Rita Mae Brown

181. “The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.”

— Rita Mae Brown

182. “There hasn’t been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven’t benefited by the lives of the ancients.”

— Rita Mae Brown

183. “Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.”

— Rita Mae Brown

184. “Well?” He thought about it now. “I think a woman’s sphere can be taxing, and perhaps for you, as you indicate, boring. I would hate to think of you being bored! I – I am rather afraid I would bore you. I am not a wealthy or an educated man.” “But you are a brave one. You fought, and I suppose you will again.” Catherine stared intently into his eyes. “Captain Schuyler, if you would let me be me, you would never bore me. I truly do want to ride, dance, laugh, and.”

— Rita Mae Brown

185. “I began to wonder if girls could marry girls, because I was sure I wanted to marry Leota and look in her green eyes forever. But I would only marry her if I didn’t have to do the housework. I was certain of that. But if Leota really didn’t want to do it either, I guessed I’d do it. I’d do anything for Leota.”

— Rita Mae Brown

186. “People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.”

— Rita Mae Brown

187. “Youth moves out, leaving no forwarding address. No matter how you try, you can’t reach that person again or that place.”

— Rita Mae Brown

188. “Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.”

— Rita Mae Brown

189. “Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I’ve built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.”

— Rita Mae Brown

190. “The human animal varies from class to class, culture to culture. In one way we are consistent: We are irrational.”

— Rita Mae Brown

191. “He thought how strange life was. The certainties vanish. What takes their place is resourcefulness and thanking God for life.”

— Rita Mae Brown

192. “The tax code will never be simplified in our lifetime because it’s not about taxes; it’s about congressmen distributing the pork.”

— Rita Mae Brown

193. “It’s an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world.”

— Rita Mae Brown

194. “Oh well, maybe the only beauty left in cities is in the oil slicks on the road and maybe there isn’t any beauty left in the people who live in these places.”

— Rita Mae Brown

195. “I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the ‘right people’ were dying.”

— Rita Mae Brown

196. “That’s all I think I ever wanted, to go my own way and maybe find some love here and there.”

— Rita Mae Brown

197. “The owner of Mojo’s was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.”

— Rita Mae Brown

198. “Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.”

— Rita Mae Brown

199. “They’re walking around in clothing but they’re still the same animals who lived in caves, feared the dark, and smashed one another over the head for beans.”

— Rita Mae Brown

200. “Would it upset men if they found out we weren’t different? Are we? Aren’t we? Damned if I know.”

— Rita Mae Brown