Richard J. Needham Quotes

“Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.”

— Richard J. Needham

“Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.”

— Richard J. Needham

The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

— Richard J. Needham

“I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.”

— Richard J. Needham

“You don't marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as the result of being.”

— Richard J. Needham

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

— Richard J. Needham

“For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done.”

— Richard J. Needham

“The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.”

— Richard J. Needham

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

— Richard J. Needham

“When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department, I'll tell him, 'Count your blessings; you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!”

— Richard J. Needham

To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population
ah, that's proof of pure political genius.

— Richard J. Needham

“If you would have God hear you when you pray, you must hear him when he speaks.”

— Richard J. Needham

“Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.”

— Richard J. Needham

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”

— Richard J. Needham

“Lovely girls are terribly insecure. They are convinced that their legs are too thick, and their bottoms are too big, and their bosoms are too small. They are conviced that their nose is the wrong shape, that their ears stick out, and that their eyes are too close together. They need a man who will tell them they are exactly right as they are. They do not believe him, but they need to hear it said.”

— Richard J. Needham

“Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.”

— Richard J. Needham

“People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.”

— Richard J. Needham

“The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.”

— Richard J. Needham

“When people are against profits they're against business; when they're against business, they're against employment; when they're against employment, it's not surprising that a large number of them are unemployed.”

— Richard J. Needham