Feminism Quotes · Page 219

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

— Pearl S. Buck

Perhaps a maiden's bashfulness is more A matron's lesson than our lips aver.

— Alfred Austin

The barriers for women across the world are different, depending on which kind of political system you live under.

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

“Women love a mystery. But only if we think we can figure it out.”

— Cora Carmack

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

— Stanley Baldwin

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

— Julia Stiles

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“That place I'm talking about ain't nothing but a bloody slit in this world of His. But everybody wants to rule over…

— Jonathan Odell

Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should…

— Vivienne Westwood

What few realize is the unique role the North Country of New York played in advancing women's rights in the United States.

— Elise Stefanik

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population…

— John Boyle O'Reilly

Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no…

— Christopher Lasch

All my friends were girls. Then my mom's strident feminism for years where men were thought of as the enemy, I just…

— Michael Ian Black

America is progressing towards a stronger, more inclusive future - and I know women of color are a driving force in that…

— Karine Jean-Pierre

“If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid…

— Nenia Campbell

With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a…

— Idina Menzel

“One thing I’d learned in life was that women could bitch about their men until they were blue in the face and…

— Kristen Ashley

How shall we ever make the world intelligent of our movement? I do not think that the answer lies in trying to…

— Adrienne Rich

“Most men haven’t got a clue how to treat a woman, let alone respect her. You give women what you think they…

— Sydney Addae

Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a woman is…

— Gloria Steinem

“There was something about a group of girls, urgently devoted to scoring a goal, or making a basket, through any means necessary,…

— Alexis Okeowo

Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and…

— Phyllis McGinley

“Women's liberation is one thing, but the permeation of anti-male sentiment in post-modern popular culture - from our mocking sitcom plots to…

— Tiffany Madison

Too many women have given up the power over the years because men have created the terms.

— Steve Harvey

“A man's desire for a woman have power to effect striking results that will blow your mind.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“Men are weird and stronger, women are strange and superior.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“No matter how many things women suffer, nothing can take away their appetite for trouble.”

— Pausanias

Any man can love a million women, but it takes a real man to love one woman a million ways.

— Nick Jonas

It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.

— Desmond Tutu

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

— Michelle Bachelet

men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

I like people too much or not at all. I've got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know…

— Sylvia Plath

If you are strong women then you have the world in your hand and no one can tell you what to do.

— Anonymous

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

— Jane Fonda

Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

— Anonymous

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.

— Emmeline Pankhurst

Its important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

— Tamara Mellon

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated.

— Ellen Glasgow

Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon