Feminism Quotes · Page 199

“There are some men who enter a woman's life and screw it up forever.”

— Janet Evanovich

When male allies make space for women, they're not diminishing their own power. Rather, they're enhancing everyone's.

— Meena Harris

When men do wrong, it is out of hardness; when women do wrong, it is out of weakness.

— Madame de Stael

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

— Voltaire

“To most women, size does count, but—if the man is rich, powerful, or famous—it does not matter.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down.

— Isabel Allende

As we all know there have been fabulous women chief executives: Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir.

— Margaret Hoover

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers.

— Paula Abdul

“For every man there was an inferior woman, for every writer there was a checker," said Nora Ephron. "they were the artists…

— Lynn Povich

Strong women together create a special vibe and special power, we are told; thus the ongoing existence of all-female schools and clubs…

— Heather Mac Donald

The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not…

— Florence Kelley

I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one…

— Sara Sheridan

Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go…

— Jodie Foster

Half of the equation is men, and right now, unfortunately, men are running the majority of corporations, so we have to make…

— Gretchen Carlson

These are old issues. Female power, misogyny, the treatment of women, how you make meaning in the world. And these are all…

— Meg Wolitzer

Whatever my husband may say, I don't think men really understand what it is like to be a woman, or particularly a…

— Kate Garraway

The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in…

— Carly Simon

Leading women, if they are to offer variations from the present companies of leading men, need to be drawn from a wide…

— Eva Cox

“It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life."…

— Barbara Samuel

“It is quite idle (...) to insist so much on bodily strength, as a necessary qualification to military employments. And it is…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general…

— Fukuzawa Yukichi

“The abiding western dominology can with religion sanction identify anything dark, profound, or fluid with a revolting chaos, an evil to be…

— Catherine Keller

“Still women- women. They do themselves more credit, there's more reality in women. They live closer to their nature. They have to.…

— Saul Bellow

“once a woman is “able to stand alone”—as certainly the Tribune’s star, healed by Dr. Leger, could boast—“then she will not make…

— Megan Marshall

Most women do not want to be liberated from their essential natures as women.

— Dan Quayle

Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It's hard to argue with that.

— Joanna Coles

“There are hardly any women in Iram. This is a problem, because without women nothing happens.”

— John Joseph Adams

There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.

— Stephen Stills

There is a certain element of complementarity between men and women that is biological by nature.

— Jack Kingston

A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

— Billy Cannon

She walk into the court her knees buckle Saying for a man to survive he needn't hustle

— Common

“If representational visibility equals power, then almost-naked young white women should be running Western culture.”

— Peggy Phelan

“There is, in fact, a primary driving force behind women's reluctance to see their ambition as a virtue.”

— Debra Condren

I do think women change the discourse in Senate and I think it is more civil when women are involved.

— Patty Judge

I will help women, because we have the women's health problems. We have a lot of problems.

— Donald Trump

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.

— Amy Vanderbilt

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history

— Kate Millett

Nothing is good in this society. This patriarchal society is bad.

— Qandeel Baloch

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

— Kathleen Hanna

Men know what they want while woman can be unsure, Always be certain to make her look like the fool.

— Eli S