Ruth Westheimer Quotes

• When it comes to sex, the most important six inches are the ones between the ears.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Sex, Important, Ears

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• A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Lessons, Taught

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• Remember, attraction is only one part of a relationship. Loyalty, commitment, responsibility and maturity make up the rest.

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  Loyalty, Commitment, Responsibility

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• I want people to see me or read about me and think about sex.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Sex, Thinking, People

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• My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.

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  Graduation, Moving, Animal

  "‘Other People’s Rejection Letters’: 8 Of The Craziest Rejection Letters" by Bill Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2010.

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• Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.

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  Life, Witty, Bad Day

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.

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  Attitude, Fighting, Giving

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• Sex is not a sin. Many people have complained that this is taking all the fun out of sex.

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  Sex, Fun, People

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• When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded.

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  Teenager, Believe, Athlete

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• I am worried that the next generation will not be able to have a real conversation.

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  Real, Generations, Able

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• I don't like to see teenage men wearing very tight jeans. The sight of an erection belongs in the privacy of the bedroom, living room, or kitchen floor.

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  Teenage, Men, Sight

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• Don't stint on foreplay - or afterplay. Be inventive!

  Ruth Westheimer

  Play

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• Boredom is the biggest problem. The same position. Same day of the week. It becomes boring when you don't bring any added flowers home.

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  Flower, Home, Boredom

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• The time has come when women should pay for a gigolo. Why should only rich men have young, beautiful women? Rich women should have young, beautiful men.

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  Beautiful, Men, Should Have

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• In the Jewish tradition of the Bible it says, "Speak to her softly, so that she will want to engage in sexual activity." In today's world, there's a little bit of a danger in that people don't really talk to each other. You see couples walking in the street, each one of them texting someone else. That worries me.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Couple, Jewish Tradition, Worry

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.

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  Sexy, Morning, Night

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• Don't share your fantasies unless you're sure your partner really wants to hear them.

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  Want, Fantasy, Share

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• Skiers make the best lovers because they don't sit in front of a television like couch potatoes. They take a risk and they wiggle their behinds. They also meet new people on the ski lift.

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  Best Love, People, Risk

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• Part of my success is because I'm very old-fashioned.

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  Old Fashioned

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• The taste of chocolate is a sensual pleasure in itself, existing in the same world as sex... For myself, I can enjoy the wicked pleasure of chocolate... entirely by myself. Furtiveness makes it better.

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  Sex, Chocolate, Sensual

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• It's up to the man to not be offended when she tells him what she needs. He shouldn't say, "I know that!" And he shouldn't say, "The woman that I had before you had ten orgasms without her telling me anything!"

  Ruth Westheimer

  Men, Needs, He Man

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• Sex is still the most interesting subject under the sun. People will say my wife is too tired or my husband is too tired, and I listen and I say 'go for help.'

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  Sex, Husband, Tired

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• For some people, 'ten feet tall' is just a metaphor. For me, it's more than twice my height!

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  Feet, People, Height

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's pornography for me only when it involves violence or children.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Children, Violence, Pornography

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• Don't criticize in the sack. Discuss constructively later.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Criticize, Discussion

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