Liz Goldwyn

I think people sometimes have a hard time placing me because I don't fit into a box. When they ask what I do at a cocktail party, I either say I'm a Renaissance woman or I'm a high-level madam. Lately I've been more comfortable saying I'm an artist, because that can cover a lot of different things.

American Writer

Elizabeth Gaskell

Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.

British Novelist

Pierre Beaumarchais

Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.

French Inventor

A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.

American Journalist

Richa Chadha

Madam Chief Minister' is one of the most exciting scripts I have read and it possessed me.

Indian Actress

Brian Mulroney

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

Canadian Statesman

Leonhard Euler

Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.

Swiss Mathematician

Charlotte Bronte

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Georges Bernanos

French Author

Gustave Flaubert

French Novelist

Use 'madam' to show respect in business or formal environments.

Professional Respect

Use as a polite form of address when the woman's name is unknown.

Addressing Women

Be aware 'madam' can imply illegal activity in a legal context.

Legal Caution

Understand 'madam' can have a negative connotation, unlike its typical respectful use.

Negative Connotation

Used to describe a young girl who acts very formally or demands respect.

Child's Behavior

Sometimes used playfully or mockingly when a girl is being bossy or fussy.

Slightly Mocking

Reserved for high-ranking women or roles in formal and official capacities.

Formal Address

Commonly used in politics and government to address female figures of authority.

Parliamentary Use

 seen all those constituencies coming out for her and being present on the mall and having parties and having all these things so hopefully people are doing that in their homes but we do not see or i have not seen anything like that on the streets of dc well my daughter and i raised a glass to the first madame vice president and

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 around successfully and protect her or babies and that means they end up having more surviving offspring so the female lion is preferring a male who's going to be the better more successful father watch this there madam is the amount of bread that you'll cause to disappear

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 and he was seeing through our cover we work in the same company it's called madame rosa distillery okay so that's when i said you know hey i kind of have to head out and i said thank you so much for your advice and being a seafood trader and i kind of you

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 kept having daughters and they wanted a son so they went to this monastery named after a st. Behnam and they prayed to st. Behnam and said please give us a boy please give us a boy and my grandfather madam was born and they dressed him up

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 it's called madame bert's mouse lemur and it was only discovered 10 years ago melanie damhan is part of a team of scientists who are studying the animal trying to work out how to protect it oh tiny tiny tiny tiny just only 30 gram

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 put on this big welcome for us dancers singers everybody from the business community and they arts and this to that and I thought how can I ever repay this hospitality and so I said Madam President when I speak I would like to

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 he's or she excuse me madam you could be a madam deciding whether or not you're going to cross the road are you a chicken I feel like there's a horrible joke joke waiting here come on share them hashtags very life what is the

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 If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,

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 bread disappearing before our very eyes Oh madam that is nothing you far excel me at making bread disappear what are you talking about I can't make anything disappear a third of all the world's

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 us that you come spend this time with us build community with us learn with us as we said before we'll say again we're all in this together thank you madam Whitney thank you all I carry one