Woman Quotes | Beyond Motive 12/26

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Woman Quotes

"You have to be very careful with women friends."

"You have to be very careful with women friends."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

Woman, Women, Friends

12

"I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her."

"I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fear, Being, Country

12

"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."

"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Woman, Women, Pretty

12

"You don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare."

"You don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

12

"If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically."

"If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Woman, Women, Fame, Waiting

12

"I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's."

"I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's."

Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Events

12

"First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated."

"First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated."

Russell Banks, American Author

Woman, Women, First

12

"Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA."

"Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fear, Daughters, Deep

12

"A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive."

"A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

12

"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."

"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Woman, Women, Old, Workers

12

"I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about."

"I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Woman, Women, People, Country, Talk

12

"I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now."

"I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now."

Debra Wilson, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Now, Skin, Talking

12

"There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us."

"There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Woman, Women, Revolution, Will

12

"Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions."

"Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions."

Julia Ward Howe, American Activist

Woman, Women, Old

12

"If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends."

"If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Woman, Women, Civilization, Eating, Girlfriends

12

"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."

"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Woman, Women, Virtue, Nothing, Quiet

12

"Pornography is the instruction. Rape is the practice, battered women are the practice, and battered children are the practice."

"Pornography is the instruction. Rape is the practice, battered women are the practice, and battered children are the practice."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Woman, Women, Children, Pornography, Practice

12

"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."

"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

12

"There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women."

"There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women."

Leah Remini, American Actress

12

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

"I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Woman, Women, Fun, Romantic, Want

12

"I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive."

"I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive."

Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet

12

"Even in Los Angeles, where we lived, when we would date somebody or go out with them, if we went out with somebody else the next night, we often found that women were banging on our windows while we were bedded down with other women!"

"Even in Los Angeles, where we lived, when we would date somebody or go out with them, if we went out with somebody else the next night, we often found that women were banging on our windows while we were bedded down with other women!"

Burt Ward, American Actor

Woman, Women, Night, Windows

12

"I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame."

"I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

Woman, Women, Fame

12

"One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand."

"One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand."

Cheryl James, American Musician

Woman, Women, Life

12

"Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad."

"Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Attention

12

"Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women."

"Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women."

Kate Smith, American Musician

Woman, Women, Society, Defeat, Opinion

12

"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."

"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Woman, Women, Mother, Daughters, Respect

11

"Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?"

"Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?"

Bob Uecker, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Word

11

"I have a similar issue with people who hire me as I do with women. 'You have to have a particular taste to want to be around me. I have a slightly askew view."

"I have a similar issue with people who hire me as I do with women. 'You have to have a particular taste to want to be around me. I have a slightly askew view."

Jason Segel, American Actor

Woman, Women, People, Taste, Want

11

"A true woman always loves a real soldier."

"A true woman always loves a real soldier."

Belle Boyd, American Celebrity

11

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

Tyra Banks, American Model

11

"But that's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery."

"But that's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery."

Irene Dunne, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mystery, Pornography, Stars

11

"It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force them to suppress their specifically female characteristics and abilities by keeping up the pretense that there are no differences between the sexes."

"It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force them to suppress their specifically female characteristics and abilities by keeping up the pretense that there are no differences between the sexes."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Woman, Women, Force, Sexes

11

"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."

"And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

11

"The test of civilization is its estimate of women."

"The test of civilization is its estimate of women."

George William Curtis, American Author

Woman, Women, Civilization

11

"I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well."

"I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well."

Oliver Reed, English Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Talk

11

"I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered."

"I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Woman, Women, Heaven

11

"I tend to like very bitchy women. I find myself most attracted to smart, sarcastic, bitchy women."

"I tend to like very bitchy women. I find myself most attracted to smart, sarcastic, bitchy women."

Lea DeLaria, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Sarcastic

11

"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."

"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."

Bill Condon, American Director

Woman, Women, Gay, Years

11

"Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one."

"Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Want

11

"When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus."

"When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus."

Lactantius, Roman Author

Woman, Women, Temple, Hair, Military

11

"You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try."

"You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try."

Ellen Richards, American Environmental Chemist

Woman, Women, Cooking

11

"If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare."

"If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Woman, Women, Children, Man, Welfare

11

"Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings."

"Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

Woman, Women, Sense, Shame

11

"It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration."

"It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

Woman, Women, Harm

11

"We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors."

"We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Woman, Women, Books, Talk

11

"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position."

"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position."

Ernestine Rose, American Activist

Woman, Women, Man

11

"Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot."

"Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot."

David Coverdale, English Musician

Woman, Women, Pretty

11

"A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals."

"A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals."

Henry James, American Writer

Woman, Women, Man, Manners, Morals

11

"In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place."

"In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Woman, Women, America, Approval

11

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