Women Quotes · Page 247

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'

— Joss Whedon

There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands.

— Sacha Guitry

Food banks have told us of the increasing donations of, and demand for, tampons and pads which are gratefully received by women…

— Layla Moran

Our greatest asset as a nation is the extraordinary men and women who have volunteered to keep us all safe and their…

— Lloyd Austin

I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of…

— Evan Goldberg

I was lucky to work with Gamechanger Films, who are a consortium of investors financing films directed by women. This is a…

— Karyn Kusama

There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25.

— Petra Collins

What is male and female? Is it just a physical condition? No. The energy runs very, very differently in a woman than…

— Frederick Lenz

I've heard many women say that they were afraid to come out or they were too ashamed to talk about it because…

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

As women, I think we lower our standards of what we expect of ourselves. Don't just stay at home and do jumping…

— Gemma Atkinson

Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing…

— Stephanie Coontz

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working…

— Grover Cleveland

The biggest food-related risk in pregnancy is listeria. It's a dangerous bacteria, to which pregnant women are especially susceptible, that can lead…

— Emily Oster

The problem with feminism in the second wave was that we fought so much among ourselves, and I think we did so…

— Erica Jong

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm…

— Michael Moore

Plenty of successful women started either as an unrecognised grafter or as a bit of decoration to the side of the screen.

— Ulrika Jonsson

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to…

— Ban Ki-moon

“A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil”

— Peter Ackroyd

There are enough women to do the childbearing and the childrearing. I know of none who can write my books.

— Henry Handel Richardson

Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on…

— Tracy Chapman

“My mother? My own mother told my lady governess that if the baby and I were in danger then they should save…

— Philippa Gregory

Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.

— Georg Baselitz

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that…

— Nancy Roman

If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.

— Laura Schlessinger

Since taking office, I have worked to fill my team with men and women of the highest integrity.

— Kay Ivey

Men are easier to get on with than women. They tend not to make emotional demands on you.

— Ann Widdecombe

I think men are, like, repulsive, and I prefer being in a room with women. I think they're often just more interesting.

— Jack Antonoff

I really did like 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' But not seeing women represented in that world, it definitely had less resonance…

— Anna Gunn

Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life,…

— Kim Cattrall

Why do women have to face comments like, 'You are wearing short clothes; you are alluring and inviting men?'

— Kriti Kharbanda

I think women are very complicated human beings, and I think there's an oversimplification of women when you see them on screen.

— Viola Davis

As women, we can over-think things so much that we silence our intuition and only focus on the reasons something won't work.

— Mindy Grossman

I like portraying women of character in my books. Women who exhibit loyalty and courage.

— Sudha Murty

“In most women's lives, everything, even the greatest sorrow, comes down to a question of 'I haven't got a thing to wear'.”

— Marcel Proust

It is my duty, gentlemen, to inform you that women are dictators all, and I recommend to you this moral: In real…

— Ogden Nash

I credit the women who came before me and credit New Zealanders for welcoming me having a child... positivity outweighed negativity. I'm…

— Jacinda Ardern

Women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but…

— Ashton Kutcher

“Women born works of art, men doomed to spend entire lifetimes trying to create just one.”

— J. Andrew Schrecker

I have the utmost respect for our nation's veterans, and it is an honor to represent our servicemen and women in Congress.

— Byron Donalds