A Quote by Maryon Pearson

Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.

Maryon Pearson

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Behind Behind Every Great Man Every Great Great Man Man Surprised Woman

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Maryon Pearson
Canadian - Statesman
1902 - 1991

Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

William J. Clinton

The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman behind a vote is every bit as useful as a man.

Irene Parlby

Behind every great man there is a suprised woman.

Maryon Pearson

They say behind every great man is a great woman, but I think it works the other way round as well.

Debra Stephenson

Behind every great man is an even greater woman.

Marg Helgenberger

Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

Harrison Ford

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Jim Carrey

As the saying goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. I guess playing Hera [in Wonder Woman] means that I'm, well, not only Queen of the Gods, I'm better than he is!

Marg Helgenberger

Behind every successful man, there is a woman - And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

Mark Twain

I grab Sarah’s hand. “You are more than that. I need you here with me. You’re pretty much the only thing keeping me from completely melting down.” “I get it,” she says. “You’re going to save the freaking world and I’m going to help you. That whole saying about behind every great man there is a great woman? I can be that for you. I just want to be a great woman with excellent aim.

Pittacus Lore

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Groucho Marx

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every new action.