Feminism Quotes · Page 235

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Being a woman leader is secondary to me - and should be to others.

— Heather Bresch

Power in this country is often like hemophilia; it passes through women and then men get it.

— Gloria Steinem

There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Review your description of the world, what it is to be a woman, and see how inadequate it is.

— Frederick Lenz

I have to ask myself, Am I content with calling myself a feminist? Yes, because I speak out.

— Demi Lovato

Feminism basically says both men and women are equal. It doesn't say women are better or men are stupid.

— Richa Chadha

We need to encourage young women to run for office and become civic leaders in their own communities.

— Elise Stefanik

“I think it is a man’s subtle, not overt, energetic influence that’s responsible for building a solid sensual feminine identity.”

— Lebo Grand

Powerful women often get concerned with this idea that they're going to be seen in this unforgiving light. Screw that. It's so…

— Scarlett Johansson

The best things about womanhood might possibly even be the conversations. The chatting. The gabbing. The whispering. The hands-on-hips eye-rolling. The yukking-it…

— Katherine Center

“If you ask Muslim women why they cover up, ninety-nine percent of them will say it's to avoid arousing men. Fuck that,…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

“Listen, son. Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range then we've got. The brave ones are braver,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

The role of women in the development of society is of utmost importance. In fact, it is the only thing that determines…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free till they find someone just as wild…

— Anonymous

If you're a man and you are confident and you are ambitious and strong, then you are a statesman and a leader.…

— Susan Bysiewicz

“It seems almost like America wants their boys hurt. That they need that. That guy who writes books about the wolf and…

— Anonymous

There's a lot of women that wanted no part of this feminist movement way back in the late sixties. The modern era…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Their point of resemblance to each other and their difference from so many American women, lay in the fact that they were…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and…

— Charlotte Bronte

Unfortunately, I can't fault other writers and directors for how they choose to present themselves, but I just think people are very…

— Diablo Cody

Here's the progression. Feminism won; you can have it all; of course you want children; mothers are better at raising children than…

— Susan J. Douglas

I think it's a feminine energy, not necessarily men versus women, but a nurturing, mothering, loving energy. I think definitely. But I…

— Evan Rachel Wood

“The Men, who have taken care to engross the affairs of Religion, as well as others, to their own management, are no…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

It's so important for us to write complex, realistic women because that's what we are.

— Crystal Hana Kim

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

— Kofi Annan

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

— Judith Light

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

— Christopher Morley

Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.

— Curtis Hanson

I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault.

— Anonymous

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.

— Florence King

When it defines man as the enemy, feminism is alienating women from their own bodies.

— Camille Paglia

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

— Mark Twain

If the ascent of women has been much exaggerated, so has the descent of men.

— Stephanie Coontz

A lot of things affect women differently than men, and women get left out.

— Jane Fonda

The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.

— William Sloane Coffin

The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.

— A. N. Wilson

If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.

— Alphonse Karr

Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Feminism should be about liberating women, all women, even Republican women, to be their true selves.

— Rachel Campos-Duffy