Feminism Quotes · Page 102

“Maybe if you had megaphones on your chest they'd listen to the words that came out of your lips”

— Amby C. Ezem

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to…

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.”

— Sonia Johnson

Being a woman is a terribly task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

— Joseph Conrad

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

— Oprah Winfrey

I can assure you that women all over the country are paying close attention to the GOP 'War on Women.'

— Krystal Ball

It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.

— Edward Abbey

I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

— Harriet Harman

I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great…

— Bernie Sanders

'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?

— Kate Atkinson

I will stand for equality, and that doesn't mean giving me reservation. I would like to fight for it; just give me…

— Taapsee Pannu

As tastes shift around the globe and there are more roles for women, there are more women who can participate. Salaries will…

— Donna Langley

Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster…

— Edmund White

I believe that raising the status of women in Turkey is a responsibility shared by everyone. It is not only in Turkey;…

— Guler Sabanci

Women ... do not have to forsake the "wisdom of the heart" and become men. They need only transfer the primary force…

— Phyllis Chesler

“Once your character is poured with vigor and your attitude radiates confidence, there is no power in any external force to have…

— Abhijit Naskar

We are very hip on the fact that America's always No. 1. On this we are not, in terms of the number…

— Madeleine Albright

“The voice of women and the voice of nature have been muted under patriarchy. Women and nature are considered objects under patriarchy,…

— Marti Kheel

“When a woman loves a man, they have gone to swim naked in the stream on a glorious July day with the…

— David Lehman

“Before I began research for this book I was not consciously aware that women were aggressive in indirect ways, that they gossiped…

— Phyllis Chesler

“To be perfectly honest, if I had my way women wouldn’t even be allowed inside grounds, and I certainly believe that if…

— Dougie Brimson

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience…

— Patricia Ireland

“Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and…

— Audre Lorde

Ultimately, the main reason that you want more women in the sciences is the same reason you want more gay men in…

— Cara Santa Maria

“Some women can drink some men under the table, but a man under the table can still be dangerous.”

— Jo Foxworth

Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.

— Denise Morrison

I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering.

— Elizabeth Holmes

“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior [to men] and always have been.”

— William Golding

It's strange how men feel they have the right to criticize a woman's appearance to her face.

— Marilyn French

The triumph, real triumph of the feminist movement is that women get to choose.

— Margaret Hoover

If you look up feminist in the dictionary, it just means someone who believes men and women have equal rights...

— Aziz Ansari

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

— Candice Bergen

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

— Naomi Wolf

Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.

— Bill Maher

If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.

— Melinda Gates

Women. Can't live with them; can't breed an army of genetically engineered super-soldiers without them.

— Spencer Pratt

A woman [shouldn't] have to give a man her body to get his heart.

— Tony Gaskins

Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.

— Anna Quindlen

Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.

— Patrice O'Neal

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

— Elizabeth Bowen