Feminism Quotes · Page 218

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

— Kofi Annan

Women are outside the law; they make nothing, they say yes or no to some collections of whereases.

— Christina Stead

What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart.

— Millicent Fawcett

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

— Padma Lakshmi

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.

— George Eliot

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.

— Julian Barnes

Equal pay for equal work isn't, 'Here, I'll give this to you.' It's confidence, it's participation.

— Phil Murphy

“Maybe that was the root of my dislike for her: she had what I wanted, which earned her my jealousy, and since…

— Nenia Campbell

Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting…

— Vicesimus Knox

I can't say that the college-bred woman is the most contented woman. The broader her mind the more she understands the unequal…

— Susan B. Anthony

I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being…

— Germaine Greer

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two…

— Joseph McCabe

Chris Rock once said something that was really interesting. He said, "Women would run the world if they didn't hate each other."…

— Rachel McAdams

I realise that women don't want to get treated differently but just equally. I don't know what feminism is all about, but…

— Varun Dhawan

“It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a…

— Shirley Chisholm

“What is the shocking weakness in virtually every man you know well? The whimpering like children when they're ill. The need for…

— Nikki Gemmell

In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and…

— Erica Jong

“I've never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I've been angry at how the world treats…

— Renee Ahdieh

“Much of this is done through speech, through telling of one’s plight, through being heard, through hearing compassion and understanding in the…

— Rebecca Solnit

Women are problem solvers, and often we don't get much credit for that because the typical image of a leader is someone…

— Mazie Hirono

“It makes me really sad that women have been ejected from the seat of their power in this society in terms of…

— Ani DiFranco

“Eaton looks to the man next to him, who licks his lips before saying, “There are rules on paper and rules too…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I stand by all the women who have had to deal with inappropriate behavior of any sort.

— Momina Mustehsan

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

When women can't climax, it's our fault, but when we can't get an erection, we have to go to the doctor.

— Carlos Mencia

Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

— Oscar Wilde

A woman wants a man that is not just out for sex. She wants a man who is out for her mind…

— Enhance Dreams

Clearly, there is a gender imbalance when it comes to venture capital and entrepreneurship.

— David Cohen

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is…

— Connie Chung

Females just learn how to get over it and try again no matter how damaged we are.

— Anonymous

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

— Susanne Bier

It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different.

— Lindsay Mendez

People have been writing premature obituaries on the women's movement since its beginning.

— Ellen Goodman

I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.

— Katy Perry

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

God bless that women are free in America. We can say what we want, and I do think women will heal the…

— Reese Witherspoon

In India, women are respected the most. Mothers, wives, sisters, daughters.

— Bappi Lahiri

Ever since I could remember, women's issues have been pretty urgent.

— Nancy Wilson