Feminism Quotes · Page 157

Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated.

— Ellen Glasgow

Its important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

— Tamara Mellon

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.

— Emmeline Pankhurst

Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

— Anonymous

Ladies, like variegated tulips, show 'Tis to their changes half their charms we owe.

— Alexander Pope

“Why this fuss about understanding women?! It's so simple. All we want is everything, no compromises.”

— Shweta Bhatnagar

The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.

— Paulo Freire

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened…

— Samantha Morton

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware…

— Sylvia Plath

It is accepted the world over that women are an essential part of what makes a society successful, and only through supporting…

— Shabana Azmi

Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

In society, it's hard for some to view women getting hit. They see the women as different figures rather than as athletes…

— Liz Carmouche

Pretty Powerful symbolises my belief that all women are pretty, and with the right tools, are empowered to a higher level of…

— Bobbi Brown

Do I want more women elected to Parliament? Absolutely. I devote significant amounts of time to getting more women in that situation.

— Jo Swinson

“All the children loved Ezhilarasi’s stall, and they visited her every day. They cherished the woven ball the most since it lasted…

— Priyadarshini

They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem…

— Arthur Lydiard

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a…

— Alice Walker

“I am a scholar and a pupil who has been lulled to sleep by the meagre fire of a mind too humble.…

— Laura Cereta

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

If men were meant to be a dominant power, men would be on this earth by themselves. So, I don't understand when…

— Aldis Hodge

“They are boiling with the pressured energy of explosive forces confined in a small space, and with the fervor of all religious…

— Margaret Atwood

“Where we did find a statistical difference was in character gender. Female characters had a much higher healing ratio compared with male…

— Nick Yee

The thing that I would say you get the most hate about on social media, in my experience, is if you tweet…

— Elliot Page

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

— Florence Nightingale

Feminism is not a rulebook, but a discussion, a conversation, a process.

— Tavi Gevinson

I keep thinking about how terrifyingly vulnerable women are in so many countries.

— Tina Brown

Asking who's the 'man' and who's the 'woman' in a same-sex relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork.

— Ellen DeGeneres

If you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

— Jessica Valenti

As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to…

— Jessica Simpson

It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be

— Edith Wharton

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

— Judith Butler

IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

— Emma Watson

Without question, women can act with bravery, foresight, and tactical intelligence.

— Heather Mac Donald

Sometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can't. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man?

— Bob Seger

A Cancer woman could never h&le being unfaithful, they are too devoted to being honest to their lover.

— Anonymous

Women aren't driven by or thrilled by outperforming the market. They're much more excited about, 'Can I meet my goal?'

— Sallie Krawcheck

“It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.”

— François Mauriac

The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.

— Condoleezza Rice

“This book is for women trying to find their "right"place, when so much they have had faith in has let them down.”

— D. Adiba