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Woman Quotes

"Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity."

"Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Woman, Women, Opportunity, Abuse, Children

15

"Women rule our lives, don't they?"

"Women rule our lives, don't they?"

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian Celebrity

15

"I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women."

"I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women."

Ruth Benedict, American Scientist

Woman, Women, Inspiration

15

"Trying to understand women is a tall order period."

"Trying to understand women is a tall order period."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

Woman, Women, Order, Trying

15

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

"When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Woman, Women, Vanity, Weight

15

"Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go."

"Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Woman, Women, Home

15

"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house."

"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

15

"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."

"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

Woman, Women, Violence

15

"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."

"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

15

"I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun."

"I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Bed, Drinking, Fun

15

"I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on."

"I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on."

Dudley Moore, British Celebrity

15

"Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?"

"Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?"

Joan Crawford, American Actress

Woman, Women, Faces, Poor

15

"I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules."

"I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules."

Joan Jett, American Musician

Woman, Women, Age, Rules

15

"Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it."

"Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

Woman, Women, Man, Years

15

"Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints."

"Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints."

Naomi Wolf, American Author

Woman, Women, Ideals

15

"Tammy Faye, I really like the woman. I wanted to be her kid."

"Tammy Faye, I really like the woman. I wanted to be her kid."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

15

"Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not."

"Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not."

Cher, American Musician

Woman, Women, Control, Man, Right

15

"I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there."

"I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there."

GG Allin, American Musician

Woman, Women, Living

15

"My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women."

"My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women."

Brenda Holloway, American Musician

Woman, Women, Sex, Sex appeal

15

"Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women."

"Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Woman, Women, Family, Work, Management

15

"All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac."

"All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

15

"But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind."

"But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Woman, Women, Gentlemen, Regret

15

"Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now."

"Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Woman, Women, Career, Now, Relationships

15

"Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit."

"Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Woman, Women, Being, Girls, Writer

15

"Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned."

"Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

Woman, Women, Mistake, Answers, Being

15

"I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man."

"I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

Woman, Women, Man

15

"But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities."

"But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities."

Anita Hill, American Celebrity

Woman, Women, Work, Heart

15

"I avoid crazy women."

"I avoid crazy women."

Jeremy London, American Actor

15

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

Woman, Women, Capitalism, Children, Feminism

15

"Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal."

"Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal."

Grace Kelly, American Actress

15

"I am my own woman."

"I am my own woman."

Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman

15

"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Woman, Women, Nothing

15

"Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating."

"Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Woman, Women, Defense, Expression, Feminism

15

"It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too."

"It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Woman, Women, Life, Being, Hollywood

14

"I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist."

"I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Woman, Women, Play

14

"I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that."

"I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Thought, Being

14

"I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four."

"I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four."

Joel Rosenberg, American Author

Woman, Women, Man, Sleep, Want

14

"A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix."

"A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Woman, Women, Feeling, Want

14

"Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

"Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

Woman, Women, Capitalism, Children, Feminism

14

"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy."

"One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy."

Scarlett Johansson, American Actress

14

"It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks."

"It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks."

Miriam Beard, American Author

14

"Women's virtue is man's greatest invention."

"Women's virtue is man's greatest invention."

Cornelia Otis Skinner, American Actress

Woman, Women, Virtue, Invention, Man

14

"In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman."

"In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

14

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Woman, Women, Effect, Law, Nothing

14

"For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds."

"For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

Woman, Women, Time

14

"I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with."

"I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with."

Fred Ward, American Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Talking, Trying

14

"With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated."

"With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated."

Jenny Shipley, New Zealander Statesman

Woman, Women, Adoption, Community, Gender

14

"This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest."

"This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Chicago, Man

14

"There's a lot of room to grow, and the women who believe they're worth it are the ones who are going to make good things happen during the next period of WNBA growth."

"There's a lot of room to grow, and the women who believe they're worth it are the ones who are going to make good things happen during the next period of WNBA growth."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

Woman, Women, Growth, Worth

14

"Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and action. But except for an eccentric few, women do not want to become warriors."

"Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and action. But except for an eccentric few, women do not want to become warriors."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Woman, Women, Thought, Opportunity, Action

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