Feminism Quotes · Page 121

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

— Barbara Walters

Women who buy perfume and flowers for themselves because their men won't do it are called 'self basting.

— Adair Lara

It's important to have the diversity of thought and approach that comes with being a woman.

— Dana Bash

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

— Theodor Reik

I'm about women's empowerment. I'm about agency. I'm about being in control of your narrative and your body.

— Janelle Monae

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

— Ban Ki-moon

Women get 77 cents on the dollar that men get for the same job.

— Penny Pritzker

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

— Abbas Kiarostami

“If she is efficient and capable or ambitious, it is assumed that she has failed to find satisfaction as a normal woman,…

— Germaine Greer

There is no demand for women engineers, as such, as there are for women doctors; but there's always a demand for anyone…

— Edith Clarke

I think that submissiveness can [be] and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from…

— Anne Desclos

“Women that can work a camera with ease often work men just as effortlessly for both require the same commitment to vanity…

— Tiffany Madison

When a man is attacked in print, it's usually for saying what he says; when a woman is attacked in print, it's…

— Margaret Atwood

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen

— Compton Mackenzie

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on…

— Meghan O'Rourke

“I also was persuaded that the woman most in need of liberation was the woman in every man just as the man…

— William Sloane Coffin

You had to be an over-the-top, demanding, dramatic figure in order to progress as a woman in Europe over the last few…

— Rufus Wainwright

The big part of coffee production in many rural areas is in the hands of women. It's women who work in the…

— Arancha Gonzalez

“Being born a woman is my awful tragedy. From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and ovaries…

— Sylvia Plath

Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which…

— Chuck Klosterman

A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong…

— Mary Stott

“First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need…

— Sam Maggs

“I'm familiar with the myth, I'm merely surprised that a female would be familiar with the classics." "You must have a very…

— Judith McNaught

Violence against women and lack of intervention and man's inhumanity to man and this kind of atrocities are going on. These are…

— Angelina Jolie

“In every medium, women are relentlessly presented as either rewards, ornaments, or obstacles.”

— Jaclyn Friedman

Caroline' represents the handful of women I've met in my life that I would put genuine effort in.

— Amine

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her

— Abraham Lincoln

“I ain’t scared to lend a hand I ain’t scared to clench it either”

— Mie Hansson

The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.

— Christiane Northrup

“That's just how it is, you know," she said. "Women always choose men over other women.”

— Leah Stewart

A woman should live with two men; one more a lover and the other more a friend.

— Leonor Fini

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

— Marilyn Monroe

Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption.

— Hillary Clinton

We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'

— Warren Farrell

Hire women. Trust women. Let them succeed. They are a pleasure to work with.

— Catherine Reitman

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

— Beverly Sills

Women only have trouble parking because we are constantly lied to about what 8 inches is.

— Anonymous

“It was overwhelmingly white men held the keys to the doors that I needed to get through.”

— Mariam Khan

There's still a narrower band of acceptable behavior for women than men.

— Sandra E. Peterson

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners.

— Patti LaBelle