Feminism Quotes · Page 170

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

— Ban Ki-moon

One solid, motivated woman is 10x better than a group of broke grindless hoes.

— Annoymous

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

— Pericles

“Don't dare presume there's shame in the lot of a woman who carries on.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

— Rumi

I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.

— Susan Stroman

“The patrists poison themselves. The matrists tend to decay, which is merely another kind of poison.”

— Theodore Sturgeon

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

— Amy Lee

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

— Zainab Salbi

“A woman with strong character can be easily labelled as a bossy *itch while her male counterpart is a firm leader, only…

— Sally El-Akkad

“...the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”

— Susan B. Anthony

“Sex appeal was the “spoonful of sugar” that helped the “medicine” of feminism go down. A liberated heroine who still looked sexy…

— Mike Madrid

“You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found…

— edith sodergran

Let men do their duty and the women will be such wonders; the female lives from the light of the male: see…

— William Blake

Men have constructed female sexuality and in so doing have annihilated the chance for sexual intelligence in women. Sexual intelligence cannot live…

— Andrea Dworkin

So much of the destruction on Earth has been wrought by men. Women are the ones who give life and try to…

— William T. Vollmann

There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life.…

— Gioconda Belli

I don't agree with a core statement by most feminists, the statement by Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born a woman,…

— Kristina Schroder

I was living in the moment that feminism came out of, and I think it's only through the work that women are…

— Franca Sozzani

“Men who pursue a multitude of women fit neatly into two categories. Some seek their own subjective and unchanging dream of a…

— Milan Kundera

“It is to be remarked that, during this period, nearly all the women at the Court of France were called either Jeanne…

— Maurice Druon

“When I sat down with one of my senior professors in Durban, South Africa to talk about my Master’s thesis, he asked…

— Kameron Hurley

You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's…

— Emma Watson

Feminism is lesbian in the sense that lesbians have always hated the female role and coveted the male role. It is based…

— Henry Makow

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

— Asin

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

— Samuel Richardson

Women are perfectly well aware that the more they seem to obey the more they rule.

— Jules Michelet

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

— Mike Parson

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

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

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

— Kate Braverman

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

— Monica Bellucci

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

— Anonymous

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

— Gloria Ng

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

— Kate Fox

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

— Cindy Gallop

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

— Louis C. K