Feminist Quotes · Page 8

I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.

— Brian Azzarello

We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

— Malala Yousafzai

We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.

— Dixie Lee Ray

“Women are not there to spike testosterone.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“What a loss it would be if feminism killed chivalry.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?”

— Eowyn Ivey

I really do not know how to define a real feminist.

— Sudha Murty

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

— Claudette Colbert

I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world

— Gary Bauer

As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

— Caitlin Moran

I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.

— Roxane Gay

Unwittingly, the feminists acknowledge the superiority of the male sex by wishing to become like men.

— Alice von Hildebrand

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

— Yasmine Bleeth

I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body.

— Bel Powley

I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art.

— Robert Barry

My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

— Olympia Dukakis

Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others.

— Liz Stanley

I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming…

— Beth Ditto

We need a feminist movement that is robust enough to survive women who have preyed on others without trying to justify their…

— Bari Weiss

At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which…

— Heather Hart

I'm such a fan of Lily's [Tomlin], for so many years. I feel like Lily was the first popular mainstream crossover comedian…

— Tina Fey

“I mean, I’m not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I’m a human before I’m a woman.” You say this because…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want…

— Jessica Valenti

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a…

— Gloria Steinem

“No wonder the word 'feminism' was feared. It had been much too narrowly defined. I define a feminist as a self-empowering woman…

— Erica Jong

I believe I was raised with feminist values, but I don't think I ever heard my Mom call herself a feminist. Before…

— Julie Zeilinger

To be honest, that whole exchange with Crunk Feminist actually made me write the song because I realize there's a lot of…

— Talib Kweli

We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another. We are pro-abortion or anti-abortion.…

— Michael Crichton

“I asked Hillary why she had chosen Yale Law School over Harvard. She laughed and said, "Harvard didn't want me." I said…

— Alan Dershowitz

“Do you think it is fair that guy will make more money doing the same job as you? Does it piss you…

— Jessica Valenti

Films with female protagonists don't attract many eyeballs. Most of them are perceived as feminist films. If Bollywood starts giving women major…

— Bipasha Basu

When I was growing up in the '50s, I had never heard of a "woman film director," so I did not consider…

— Chris Hegedus

So this is feminist corner then.

— Prince Philip

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

— Isabelle Holland

I'm a feminist, and I am a man for choice.

— Tony Goldwyn

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

— Beyonce Knowles

“Bitch is just another word for feminist!”

— Gayle Forman

There's no doubt about it... I was born a feminist.

— Marlo Thomas

I don't mind the term 'feminist.'

— Jenny Mollen

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

— Tyra Banks