Feminism Quotes · Page 244

There is no question that women helping women works for women.

— Nancy Pelosi

I'm a bit of a feminist and very "female empowerment," and women should be able to do what they please.

— Laura Vandervoort

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

— Faye Wattleton

I get why feminism can be intimidating; sometimes it can seem like this exclusive club.

— Petra Collins

1813 Women have no rights. 1913 Women fight for some rights. 2013 Women are always fucking right.

— Nikhil Saluja

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“It is only when you are confident about your own self, that the society begins to hail you the way you want.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of…

— Stephen Merchant

There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal…

— Tracy Chapman

Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has…

— James E. Faust

“the Unity Principles reflect all women and all their intersecting identities, which historically feminism has left out.”

— The Women's March Organizers

Feminism has changed the way women think, and it has changed the way men think, but the trouble is, it hasn't changed…

— Phyllis Schlafly

I think, especially growing up in the South, we are taught that women are supposed to be soft, gentle and kind of…

— Hannah Brown

“She wrote that she was pretty sure more women and people of color could enroll “without denying to white men of merit…

— Irin Carmon

Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in…

— Jose Angel Gurria

“At the same time we see the phenomenon of successful women adopting the standards of men with a vengeance. Will women's march…

— Maria Comninou

“Yet despite all these things we know to be true- despite the preponderance of evidence showing the mental and emotional distress people…

— Jessica Valenti

“Foremost, we need a paradigm shift in cultural attitudes towards gender stereotypes. Everyone—both men and women —needs to step outside of their…

— Alisa Melekhina

And this homage to women's attractions has distorted their understanding tosuch an extent that almost all the civilized women of the present…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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

— Charlotte Brontë

Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We certainly noted that when given the opportunity, women handle money more efficiently. They have long term vision, they manage money more…

— Muhammad Yunus

The fight for equal rights or pay has become this thing where people expect actresses to talk about it. Why they feel…

— Kaya Scodelario

The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.

— Merlin Stone

A call for women... To rise up what it really takes for the reward of financial freedom.

— Robert Kiyosaki

“These bones I carry were borrowed from women much stronger than I. Know that when you need them, you can borrow mine.”

— Nichole McElhaney

I believe that there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women.

— Zainab Salbi

I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like 'bootylicious.'

— Beyonce Knowles

The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.

— Tina Brown

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't.

— Hillary Clinton

A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

Being a woman in a power position and dating someone, in my experience, is hard.

— Alana Haim

I think men are afraid to say that they would love to have Michelle Obama in their bed, but they think it.

— Eddie Griffin

Every Man can provide enough to satisfy his woman's needs, but not her greed.

— KM II

“Telephone switchboards became one of the first inroads for women into the “professional” classes.”

— Steven Johnson

This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives.

— Bella Abzug

The thing that men and women need to do is stick together Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever

— Q-Tip

Of course, now as a woman you can do so much, without being necessarily a rinpoche.

— Tenzin Palmo

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

— Madeleine Albright