Female Quotes · Page 27

There is something empowering about being a female warrior to me.

— Lights

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

— Voltaire

I'm not the only female that wears men's clothes, so I'm not one in a million.

— Brittney Griner

In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.

— Jasmila Zbanic

Especially females and the younger ones like to be with somebody who is wise.

— Jane Goodall

I had uterine cancer, which is the most under-funded and under-researched of all the female cancers.

— Fran Drescher

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

— Melinda Gates

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

— Shirley Manson

You maybe don't see as many female-fronted bands on the indie circuit. Especially when you look at festival lineups. They are definitely…

— Ellie Rowsell

Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it,…

— Adam Lambert

Unfortunately, we have very few female composers in our country, but Sneha Khanwalkar, Alokananda Dasgupta, and Jasleen Royal are forces to reckon…

— Amaal Mallik

You needn't consult me about redecorating. I know no female can live two days in a house and leave anything as it…

— Loretta Chase

I don't feel any extra pressure fronting the band - I understand that there are less women in guitar music so it…

— Ellie Rowsell

Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't think women are being sidelined or ignored. If they are talented enough, they will get films. But they need to…

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is…

— Mike White

Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget…

— Joseph L. Mankiewicz

If I could change anything about Garden State, it would be to cast somebody else for the female lead. Natalie just isn't…

— Zach Braff

“The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world…

— Abhijit Naskar

We're trained to see only male or female and to plot people into those categories when they actually don't fit neatly at…

— Minnie Bruce Pratt

The greatest percentage of poverty is found in female-headed households. Over 70 percent of female-headed households are poor. A large percentage of…

— Walter E. Williams

What's this about?" "Finally. Interest," was the only response. "If this is one of your tricks..." Like the time Torin had ordered…

— Gena Showalter

Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to…

— E. O. Wilson

Clinton is the first female to be taken seriously for the highest office in the land. She has the credentials, the stamina…

— Helen Thomas

Oh, I wouldn't want to go on a date with a female celebrity. I'd rather go on a date with a real…

— Casper Van Dien

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

— Gina Holden

I have one female fan. But she lives with me. I'm not aware of any others.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.

— Ida Lupino

Everywhere sex is understood to be something females have that males want.

— Donald Symons

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

— Marya Mannes

WIFE, A female who would rather mend your ways than your socks;

— Nikhil Saluja

There seems to sometimes be an entire genre called 'female-fronted metal.'

— Floor Jansen

Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.

— Shirin Ebadi

After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.

— Galen

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

— Hope Solo

Children learn to speak Male or Female the way they learn to speak English or French.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.

— Stefflon Don

Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.

— Jorma Taccone

But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?

— Ellen Douglas

A female salmon lays three thousand eggs a year - and has yet to receive a Mother's Day card from one of…

— Joan Rivers