best quotations about
Prostitution |
| 27 quotes | Visits: 22,282 |
Quotations
 | Treat a whore like a lady and a lady like a whore. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 26 likes |
 | We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 24 likes |
 | When you prostitute yourself, you have to get paid for it. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 15 likes |
 | A man's jealousy is a social institution, a woman's prostitution an instinct. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 14 likes |
 | Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. — Xaviera Hollander, 1943-, Dutch call girl & author 12 likes |
 | Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 11 likes |
| You can call me mercenary, or call me madam, but, as I always tell my customers - just call me anytime! — Xaviera Hollander, 1943-, Dutch call girl & author 9 likes |
| Every harlot was a virgin once. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 8 likes |
 | Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 8 likes |
 | Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become a dirty and stinking place. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 7 likes |
| A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 6 likes |
 | A painter's career is like a prostitute's career: in the beginning he does it for his own pleasure, then for the pleasure of others and, finally, for the money. — Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright 6 likes |
 | Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. — P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer 5 likes |
 | Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 5 likes |
| There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy? — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
 | Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. — Molière, 1622-1673, French playwright 3 likes |
| A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 2 likes |
 | Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down. — Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
 | Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. |
 | Newspapers are the brothel of thought. |
 | Liberty is a whore who likes to lie on a mattress of corpses. — Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, main figure of the French Revolution |
Funny Quotes
 | It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 13 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | A prostitute and a politician pour similar tears. Όμοια πόρνη δάκρυα και ρήτωρ έχει. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 15 likes |
 | I will not buy regret for ten thousand drachmas. Ουκ ωνούμαι μυρίων δραχμών μεταμέλειαν. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator (to the courtesan Lais) 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Listen, I appreciate this whole seduction scene you've got goin', but let me give ya a tip: I'm a sure thing. OK? So, I'm on an hourly rate. Could we just move it along? — from the film Pretty Woman (1990) 8 likes |
 | It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily. — from the film Shanghai Express (1932) 6 likes |
