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Woman Quotes

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"And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them."
Helen Rowland
"And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them."
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"I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here."
Elisabeth Rohm
"I've grown up so much here. It's been two years. I've become a woman here, I've become an actress here."
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"My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism."
Patricia Ireland
"My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism."
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"I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity."
Michael Bergin
"I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity."
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"Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully."
Fay Weldon
"Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully."
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"If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule have I to put them away? Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court?"
Anne Hutchinson
"If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule have I to put them away? Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court?"
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"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."
Mark Twain
"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."
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"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."
Adrienne Rich
"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."
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"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."
Jenna Elfman
"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."
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"Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way."
Victoria Pratt
"Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way."
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"I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner."
Emma Stone
"I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner."
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"When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process."
Ginny B. Waite
"When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process."
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"People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do."
Joan Jett
"People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do."
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"I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."
Susan B. Anthony
"I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."
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"Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence."
Tarja Halonen
"Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence."
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"I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems."
Eva Longoria
"I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems."
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"A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman."
John Lothrop Motley
"A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman."
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"I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women."
Andie MacDowell
"I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women."
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"Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while."
Wally Schirra
"Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while."
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"I've been working some really long hours for the last five or six years. Anybody who works on series television knows, and especially women because women spend probably two hours more than the guys with all their hair and makeup crap."
Victoria Pratt
"I've been working some really long hours for the last five or six years. Anybody who works on series television knows, and especially women because women spend probably two hours more than the guys with all their hair and makeup crap."
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"I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count."
Patricia Ireland
"I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count."
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"It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?"
Julia Louis Dreyfus
"It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?"
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"This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different."
Alice Paul
"This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different."
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"The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress."
Helene Deutsch
"The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress."
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"Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly."
George Raft
"Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly."
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"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."
bell hooks
"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."
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"Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming."
Peter Boyle
"Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming."
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"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."
Helen Garner
"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."
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"Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males."
Maureen Reagan
"Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males."
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"Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment."
Clare Short
"Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment."
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"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them."
Twyla Tharp
"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them."
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"You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on."
Aisha Tyler
"You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on."
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"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."
Yancy Butler
"I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing."
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"A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married."
Anna Magnani
"A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married."
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"God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met."
Farrah Fawcett
"God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met."
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"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."
Gloria Steinem
"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."
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"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."
Rudyard Kipling
"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."
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"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."
Kate Beckinsale
"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."
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"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
"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."
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"Sometimes the only thing we women want is a dick and no arguments. What could make us happier?"
Linda Fiorentino
"Sometimes the only thing we women want is a dick and no arguments. What could make us happier?"
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"The hesitancy is in the detail, not the principal. There has been no resistance to the principal of women playing in the Open if they are qualified for it. We are not dragging our feet. It's just that we never had cause to think about it before."
Peter Dawson
"The hesitancy is in the detail, not the principal. There has been no resistance to the principal of women playing in the Open if they are qualified for it. We are not dragging our feet. It's just that we never had cause to think about it before."
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"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
"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."
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"I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess."
Ed O'Neill
"I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess."
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"That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort."
Lauren Hutton
"That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort."
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"It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!"
Luigi Pirandello
"It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!"
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"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."
Larry David
"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."
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"That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too."
Angela Ruggiero
"That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too."
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"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"
Daisy Donovan
"I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'"
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"Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote."
Louise Slaughter
"Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote."
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"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
"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."
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