Showing posts with label Queen Elizabeth II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen Elizabeth II. Show all posts

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Ache From Smiling, Expected to Beam, Queen Elizabeth II

“I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.” - Queen Elizabeth II

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Ache From Smiling, Serious, Miserable, Queen Elizabeth II

“I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.” - Queen Elizabeth II of England, as entitled to the occasional annus horribilus as anyone.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 25.