Feminism Quotes · Page 113

Women are sometimes drawn in to believe against probability by the unwillingness they have to doubt their own merit.

— Samuel Richardson

No matter how much we deny it, the fact remains that we have a male-dominated society as well as industry.

— Asin

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

— Amy Lee

Women don't take care of themselves because they take care of everybody else.

— Ellen Pompeo

The cost of speaking out is so high for women, I understand why most decide not to.

— Brianna Wu

Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.

— Mike Parson

If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her.

— Monica Bellucci

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but…

— Marlo Thomas

There's a tendency to locate the cliche of the 'strong woman' exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who…

— David Hepworth

Women are much tougher than men in so many ways. I would say, mentally, they are stronger. In terms of physical pressure,…

— Rituparna Sengupta

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who…

— Jane Austen

Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women - however well intentioned originally - have…

— Martha Griffiths

“I mean, I’m not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I’m a human before I’m a woman.” You say this because…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Despite erasure by the media and other patriarchal institutions, there was, by 1975, a substantial body of feminist writings as well as…

— Mary Daly

“Look, Charlie," said Vince leaning back in his chair. "It's real simple. We will be four people--two men and two women--I figure…

— Barbara Casey

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.'…

— Dee Dee Myers

“When we take your person into account, you who are a young maiden, to whom God gives the strength and power to…

— Christine de Pizan

The difference between girl and woman is that woman isn't afraid to trust, to love, to feel fear or show weakness because…

— KM II

The Government as Substitute Husband did for women what labor unions still have not accomplished for men. And men pay dues for…

— Warren Farrell

“The messages a woman receives from modern North American culture are contradictory; she needs a job for fulfillment but should be home…

— Janell L. Carroll

The real joke that history played on American women is not the one that makes people snigger, with cheap Freudian sophistication, at…

— Betty Friedan

I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I…

— Roxane Gay

Women are defined by their biography, and men are sacrosanct from their biography.

— Kate Braverman

Aquarius women are sometimes afraid of commitment but once they commit it's for good.

— Anonymous

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.

— Kate Fox

“For my relationships with men to change, I needed to change my relationship to myself as a woman.”

— Gloria Ng

It took a woman to actually do something about the lack of women in creative departments.

— Cindy Gallop

Not a lot of men are super comfortable with very successful women.

— Nicola Coughlan

I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.

— Louis C. K

“You men notice so little, Pemberton. Physical strength is your gender's sole advantage.”

— Ron Rash

Maybe this society, if anything, has become more patriarchal, and that has to be combated.

— Mary Robinson

“I can be badass and still like pedicures." - Liz Harper, Secret Need”

— Satin Russell

We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers.

— Cecile Richards

What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion…

— Ambrose Bierce

“A man who does not doubt the courage of a woman, is a man that is subjugated by her will and allure.”

— Lionel Suggs

Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.

— Marianne Williamson

“Women like to make up rules to befuddle you...it's part of living in their world. Get used to it.”

— Lindsay Buroker

I don't know why in society when a woman demands perfection she is called crazy.

— Janice Dickinson