Feminism Quotes · Page 171

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

— Nicola Coughlan

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

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Cecile Richards

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

— Satin Russell

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

— Marianne Williamson

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

— Lionel Suggs

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

— Lindsay Buroker

I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

— Nick Cave

the new women in politics seem to be saying that we already know how to lose, thank you very much. Now we…

— Gloria Steinem

The question of woman's work in its economic aspect is really one not so much now of woman's rights as of woman's…

— R. Heber Newton

It's such a difficult thing for women, especially, to admit when we're not coping, because we're supposed to be all right with…

— Zawe Ashton

I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the…

— Barbara Neely

We have plenty of young women coming into biology and medicine, but we don't have enough coming into physics and engineering. It's…

— Alice Roberts

“It seems to me those are just the ones who have to do without, because, in the final analysis, they can. And…

— Lynne Reid Banks

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the…

— Ambrose Bierce

I hated the 1960's feminists," she says. "They were dogmatists, you see. In comes ideology, and out goes common sense. This is…

— Doris Lessing

World War II put feminism on hold for a long time; the men went away to fight, a lot of women in…

— Margaret Drabble

“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse -…

— Sarah Bessey

Certainly, it is more reasonable to devote one's life to women than to postage stamps or old snuff-boxes, even to pictures or…

— Marcel Proust

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected…

— Catherine Mayer

Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being…

— Andrea Dworkin

No, relationships are tough today because Women don't need men! Women don't respect men! Women are completely independent of men! Women compete…

— Keesling Moraiji Tatenda

Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace…

— Ban Ki-moon

I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in…

— Jane Fonda

Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Janice Dickinson

Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.

— Sheryl Sandberg

I think it's important for women to speak up, it's important to speak up for their rights.

— Zeenat Aman

There'll be no sense in sexual theories until women start telling their minds; and, of course, until they have some.

— Christina Stead

The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.

— Logan Pearsall Smith

A woman's mind focuses on feelings, while a man's mind focuses on problem-solving.

— Koena Mitra

“I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.”

— Henry James

Countries where women have access to professional life are also those where the birth rate is higher.

— Claude Martin

We like to think of women as peacemakers, not purveyors of violence.

— Nina Easton

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

— Oscar Wilde

Oh, I definitely feel that women are equal to men. No doubt about that.

— Farrah Abraham

In real life, women don't enjoy being degraded and treated like objects/receptacles.

— Jackson Katz

“When a woman is attracted to a man, it doesn't matter if he's rich or not.”

— Maggie Brendan

Men in their hearts hate women. It doesn’t matter how much we love them. They hate us”

— Jessica Valenti

I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts.

— Barack Obama