Feminism Quotes · Page 155

In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women.

— Honore de Balzac

“Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long.”

— Doris Lessing

Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.

— Louise Erdrich

In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.

— Anonymous

If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any God-damned wars in the first place!

— Sally Field

Most of those who claim to be women are not truly women at all, they are just female impostors.

— Tia Nnebo

Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.

— Jodi Picoult

We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.

— Divyanka Tripathi

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not…

— Samuel Johnson

I think, so many times in society, women are expected to behave a certain way. You are raised to say 'sorry' and…

— Stephanie Beatriz

“He was of that generation of men who simply accepted the mystery of womanhood, who made no effort to try to understand…

— Andrew Porter

I'm a woman of mad competence. I'm very optimistic. l have high self-esteem. l give myself choices, and l always feel as…

— Anonymous

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on…

— H. L. Mencken

We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave…

— Jane Swisshelm

The cyborg is a kind of disassembled and reassembled, postmodern collective and personal self. This is the self feminists must code.

— Anonymous

“Every time we mention Gender Equality, merit is usually thrown out of the window. Your ability to deliver is not determined by…

— DON SANTO

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." -Benjamin Franklin I'm writing to free myself and free women from this…

— Huda Sharawi

Our goal as Republicans is to ensure gender discrimination ends once and for all, and to also help guarantee those who want…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

In the so-called age of girl power, we have failed to cut loose our most regressive standards of female success - like…

— Rachel Simmons

“Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need…

— Joss Whedon

Extensive analysis was conducted before deciding whether consumers would respond better to a male or female imprisoned in their phone. Almost every…

— Sara Pascoe

“We heard of this woman who was out of control. We heard that she was led by her feelings. That her emotions…

— Susan Griffin

“classic female mistake. I thought that it was all about doing my job extraordinarily well. If I put my head down and…

— Sylvia Ann Hewlett

“Why should women have to give up their name upon marriage, as if they are nothing but hood ornaments to their husbands!…

— Abhijit Naskar

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

— David Mitchell

Many books today suggest that the mass of women lead lives of noisy desperation.

— Peter S. Prescott

Men don't quite know how to read women if they're not used to seeing them in a business environment.

— Sandra E. Peterson

I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at…

— Susan B. Anthony

Women should listen and learn quietly and submissively. I do not let women teach men or have authority over them.

— Pat Robertson

I didn't quite agree with the Supreme Court ruling that forced civic clubs to take women.

— Anita Bryant

It's time for men to be held accountable when they make women feel uncomfortable or do things out of line.

— Logan Browning

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

— Lady Gaga

“Just got called a slag by two guys sitting outside the University of York library. A slag for books?”

— Laura Bates

People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about?

— Auguste Rodin

“A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I most certainly think we are influencing the way women think about themselves.

— Kam Williams

We need to put an end to discrimination against women, and the power to bring about this change lies in our hands.

— Shruti Haasan

“Women love a mystery. But only if we think we can figure it out.”

— Cora Carmack

The barriers for women across the world are different, depending on which kind of political system you live under.

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

Perhaps a maiden's bashfulness is more A matron's lesson than our lips aver.

— Alfred Austin