Women Quotes · Page 284

Basketball is really important to a lot of people in the U.S., and no one takes it more serious than women.

— Diana Taurasi

Motherhood is heroism. It is God-given, and yet men treat women as though of similar common clay, when in fact they are…

— Gutzon Borglum

There are tons of amazing women out there for girls to emulate but the media isn't celebrating them to the masses.

— Lynsey Dyer

Women do not like CDs of live music. We only like the original recordings. If a song sounds different from the version…

— Leslie Mann

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world?

— Christopher Hitchens

When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the…

— Manal al-Sharif

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.

— Juliette Binoche

Women never reason, or, if they do, they either draw correct inferences from wrong premises, or wrong inferences from correct premises; and…

— Richard Whately

Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and…

— Noreena Hertz

There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years…

— Imogen Poots

Recently we've been hearing a lot about women "having it all." Myself, I think that is not really an accurate description of…

— Sylvia Ann Hewlett

We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

In the old world of business, there was often just one seat at the leadership table for women, two at best. That…

— Sallie Krawcheck

In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present…

— Michaela Coel

We must use our seat at the table to be a voice every day for women and girls across the country who…

— Ronna McDaniel

Some say Women are Angels, and when you break their wings, they're flexible enough to find a way to still fly... on…

— Keesling Moraiji Tatenda

I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think…

— Stanley Crouch

So often, women are there just to be looked at and be objectified for the titillation of the male audience.

— Caitriona Balfe

I come from a space where I wouldn't say all, but most of the films have really shortchanged women. I don't mean…

— Zoya Akhtar

I definitely think some of my older female peer group are deeply beautiful women. They have this thing that radiates from them.

— Julia Roberts

I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and…

— Gina Torres

Let's be real: more often than not, Hollywood does not have three-dimensional characters for women to play.

— Phoebe Robinson

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult…

— Jo Brand

There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire.

— Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

My sorority was filled with amazing, different, accomplished women across all fields. We had athletes, entrepreneurs. We had women who were killing…

— Skyler Samuels

“The more you see how the country is the more you do not wonder why they shut the door. The women do…

— Gertrude Stein

During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs.

— Lorrie Morgan

I suppose it is easy for an actress to act maternal at any age, since all women have a nurturing instinct after…

— Raveena Tandon

It is vital that women who have fought to get to the top, lend a hand to women coming after them -…

— Penny Mordaunt

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses.

— Anonymous

“Nancy Astor: "Winston, you are a drunk!" Winston Churchill: "And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning."…

— Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

I'm like an international girl all day long. But I love the black women in my life: my grandmother, my mom.

— LeToya Luckett

If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

— Angela Carter

I grew up in a makeup chair, to see! the women around me getting ready was so aspirational, It is about mothers…

— Drew Barrymore

With affordable health care, women can have economic security and the peace of mind that they will not become a financial burden…

— Jan Schakowsky

“One of the greatest skills—and gifts—is to focus on a person. Make them feel as though they’re the only person in the…

— Rhonda Rhyne

The reason 'Certain Women' was so inspiring visually for me was I felt like it was very restrained in how it was…

— Eva Victor

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.

— Mae West