Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland

31 quotes

Helen Rowland, an American journalist, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. With equal ease, Helen Rowland moved between Marriage and Women, finding connections others missed. Discover 35 of Helen Rowland's most memorable quotes, ranging across Marriage, Women, Art, Wedding, and Money. A favorite of many readers: "There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age."

“Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

All Quotes by Helen Rowland

“Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.”

— Helen Rowland

Jealousy

“Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.”

— Helen Rowland

Trust

“In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.”

— Helen Rowland

Wedding

“Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.”

— Helen Rowland

Money

“Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.”

— Helen Rowland

Art

“The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.”

— Helen Rowland

Imagination

“Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.”

— Helen Rowland

Women

“After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“One man's folly is another man's wife.”

— Helen Rowland

Funny

“A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.”

— Helen Rowland

Faith

“Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.”

— Helen Rowland

Marriage

“Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.”

— Helen Rowland

Beauty

“A fool and her money are soon courted.”

— Helen Rowland

Money

“Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.”

— Helen Rowland

Home

“Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.”

— Helen Rowland

Art

“Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.”

— Helen Rowland

Imagination