Germaine Greer Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“It strikes me as very strange that whereas Tennyson could support most of Mr. Buckley's propositions about free trade, and the private sector, and private enterprise, Tennyson found no difficulty also in lending intellectual support to the idea of Women's Liberation.”

“Act quickly, think slowly.”

“Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.”

“Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It had no mother.”

“Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.”

“Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world.”

“There is no such thing as security. There never has been.”

“Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.”

“I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.”

“It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man.”