Quotes tagged ‘celibacy’

“I want to carry what’s mine to carry, claiming my life experiences, my war wounds, instead of wishing I’d had some other story.”

— Paula McLain, nytimes.com

“If there’s anything femcels and incels can agree on, it’s that conventional “hotness” is everything: it’s what finds you partners, helps you make friends, lands you a job and allows you to function normally in society.”

— Isabelle Kohn, melmagazine.com

“Fred: [Looking up Polly’s skirt] Wow. [Looks at Elizabeth and points up] Fred: Cobwebs.”

— Carlos Davis, Anthony Fingleton, Drop Dead Fred, Rik Mayall, imdb.com

“How long have you been uhh nunnin' it up?”

— Andrew Steele, Dennis McNicholas, Leon Phelps, Tim Meadows, imdb.com

“I haven’t masturbated without a vibrator in a while so it takes some time but I come hard and loud.”

— Sex Diaries, thecut.com

“Horny platforms like Twitter and Tinder normalize the idea that all of us are cruising for ass 24/7, and it’s rare to see sexlessness referenced as anything other than a mind-bending horror.”

— Miles Klee, melmagazine.com

“If you really want to understand the crisis, you have to start with the celibacy requirement. That was my first major finding. Only 50% of the clergy are celibate. Now, most of them are having sex with other adults; but the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even…”

— Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Richard Sipe (voice) (uncredited), Richard Jenkins, imdb.com

“Ruth: Arthur, have you ever had sex? Arthur: I think I have … in a sense.”

— Scott Buck, Ruth Fisher, Frances Conroy, imdb.com

“Nothing tickles a boner like a sad stripper, and men found my sorrow intoxicating.”

— Antonia Crane, medium.com

“If you have a gene for celibacy, you didn’t inherit it.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com