#double

[I]f a woman is given a bad reputation -- however contrary to the facts -- any man will be loath to marry her, as one sees all the time. Yet take a man who has slept with a hundred women and may be the vilest lecher on earth, and there is still no delay in a wife being found for him, whether he is knight, baron, or whatever, so long as he's rich. The girl can be absolutely virginal and innocent, her spouse as corrupt as you like. What logic can anyone see in this? ↗

— Anonymous

#double-standards #gender #hypocrisy #inequality #men

I have three step brothers and one step sister. It’s like a staircase, and I am the slinky. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#sibling-relationships #simile #simile

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#back #being #come #company #double-digit

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#i #mixed #title #wimbledon #won

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#although #different #different things #difficult #double

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really. ↗

— Iain Banks

#double #really #say #saying #skill

It's nice not to have to live a double life. ↗

— Lance Bass

#life #live #nice

I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#awful #doubles #during #first #hitting

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep. ↗

— Richard Branson

#beds #double #go #introducing #night

The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent of gross domestic product. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#cent #consumers #domestic #doubled #gross