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Woman Quotes

"Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more."

"Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more."

Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

Woman, Women, Evil, Man, May

13

"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."

"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."

Coco Chanel, French Designer

Woman, Women, Future

13

"Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk."

"Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Woman, Women, Beginning, Ending, Talk

13

"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."

"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, English Novelist

Woman, Women, People, Being, Children

13

"In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color."

"In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color."

Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist

Woman, Women, Work, People, Company

13

"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."

"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, American Actress

Woman, Women, Funny, Careers, Film

13

"All I have to say is: Jessica Simpson is the most beautiful woman on the planet!"

"All I have to say is: Jessica Simpson is the most beautiful woman on the planet!"

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

13

"When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin."

"When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mother, Church, Children

13

"I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates."

"I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates."

Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician

Woman, Women, People, Being, Civilrights

13

"I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them."

"I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them."

John Gay, English Poet

Woman, Women, Mind, Nothing

13

"There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs."

"There are a lot of women who live with pot-bellied pigs."

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

13

"Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative."

"Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

Woman, Women, Books

13

"All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order."

"All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

Woman, Women, Cleanliness, Courtesy, Order

13

"No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy."

"No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

13

"Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury."

"Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury."

Florence E. Allen, American Judge

Woman, Women, Fact, Jury, Leaders

13

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

Christine Keeler, English Model

13

"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."

"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, American Celebrity

13

"A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood."

"A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood."

John Gray, American Author

Woman, Women, Being, Problems, Stress

13

"Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed."

"Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed."

Cornelia Otis Skinner, American Actress

13

"We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons."

"We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

13

"Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package."

"Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Society, Hollywood, Want

13

"They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India."

"They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Heaven

13

"I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country."

"I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Woman, Women, Country

13

"The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide."

"The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Woman, Women, Nothing, Suicide

13

"Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted."

"Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Woman, Women, Work, Necessity, Self

13

"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."

"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."

Kate Beckinsale, English Actress

Woman, Women, People, Want

13

"I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing."

"I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

Woman, Women, Attention

13

"It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing."

"It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Woman, Women, Blood, Horror, Race

13

"My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific."

"My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific."

Diane Wakoski, American Poet

Woman, Women, Poems, Problems

13

"I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it."

"I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it."

Jeanne Tripplehorn, American Actress

13

"It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners."

"It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners."

Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

Woman, Women, Sisters

13

"I think women get a little crazier when they run in packs. They want to outdo each other."

"I think women get a little crazier when they run in packs. They want to outdo each other."

William Chappell, English Writer

Woman, Women, Want

13

"I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear."

"I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear."

Philip Gibbs, British Journalist

Woman, Women, Peace, War, Fear

13

"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."

"Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy."

Larry David, American Actor

Woman, Women, Self

13

"Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out."

"Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

13

"The next generation of women will enter a world in which they are perceived to have more opportunities for creating fulfilling lives than women have ever had before."

"The next generation of women will enter a world in which they are perceived to have more opportunities for creating fulfilling lives than women have ever had before."

Elizabeth Debold, American Author

Woman, Women, Will, World

13

"Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to."

"Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

Woman, Women, Now, Sexes

13

"The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized."

"The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

Woman, Women, Schools, Violence

13

"A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression."

"A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression."

Kate Millett, American Activist

Woman, Women, Ending, Revolution, Oppression

13

"To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice."

"To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice."

Carolyn Heilbrun, American Writer

Woman, Women, Choice, Defeat

13

"Half of my employees are women."

"Half of my employees are women."

Christie Hefner, American Businessman

Woman, Women, Employees

13

"The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again."

"The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Woman, Women, Desire, Regret

13

"Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her."

"Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her."

Francis I, French King

13

"Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences."

"Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

13

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

13

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

Kenneth Tynan, English Critic

13

"I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy."

"I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

13

"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them."

"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Woman, Women, Women

13

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

13

"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."

"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."

Marya Mannes, American Journalist

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