Women Quotes · Page 369

These poor women in academia have to talk this silly language that nobody can understand in order to be accepted, they think.

— Gloria Steinem

We know that companies which have more women in leadership positions have a better performance.

— Gillian Tans

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more hardheaded.

— Taylor Caldwell

“I've learned that in order to be an efficacious woman with any sort of spiritual power, I first have to love my…

— Ashley mae Hoiland

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.

— William H. Macy

“It's the 21st century. I am not submissive. I can own property. You cannot call me exotic.”

— The Thoughtful Beast

“You cannot occupy a proper place on earth without wisdom. It is the principal thing you must have.”

— Patience Johnson

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.

— Alexander Pope

I dress some of the most successful women in the world, and meeting these women rubs off on you. A few years…

— Jason Wu

Women need to be empowered to shape their own livelihoods and become CEOs of their own lives. They must be allowed to…

— Philomena Kwao

That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many…

— Henry Winkler

As Commander of the Faithful, it is out of the question that I fight Islam. We need to fight violence and ignorance.…

— Mohammed VI of Morocco

I think it's a different kind of activism. Like, women shouldn't have to step into men's roles to be empowered. They should…

— Rain Dove

Actually, I think business women are better women at home, if you want to know the truth because you do understand what…

— Bette Davis

“She was decidedly attractive, he saw, but in an ill-natured, ungracious way. Because of his connection with Fitzgerald, Carstairs & Scott, Johnnie…

— Patrick Hamilton

Now that we're seeing that you can be a really masculine football player and a homosexual, you can be a really girly…

— Manila Luzon

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

— Marguerite Duras

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.

— Oscar Wilde

The roles that I get offered are very good and of serious women who are morally upright, righteous and honest.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

With the depth of the women's game, the entertainment it gives, and the work we put into it, I think equal pay…

— Caroline Wozniacki

How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.

— Moon Unit Zappa

I could do a show with men; I'd love to do that, but it's women that I know and understand.

— Amanda de Cadenet

All over the world people know Juventus as a club affiliated with legends and success and the project with the women's side…

— Eniola Aluko

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a…

— Nancy Astor

I think we do have to be conscious that sometimes there are different issues with women offenders than there are with men.

— David Gauke

Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so…

— A. A. Gill

“He remembers which sister I like least and asks how she is doing. (lines 9-11 of the poem 'Divorce')”

— Carrie Etter

We must work with the law enforcement community to support public safety and the overwhelmingly brave men and women who serve and…

— Vernon Jones

Plan International protects the rights of children and young women, and I'm an ambassador for the 'Because I Am a Girl' campaign.

— Toni Garrn

“To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my…

— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with…

— Chelsea Manning

Men are really not all that interested in sex. For most men, sex is a very simple experience.

— Frederick Lenz

To be a female and to be independent and strong and be determined, focused, and successful? That is a very powerful thing.

— Anonymous

I'm a grown women, Not a fucking princess, I have a attitude, Opinions, A very loud voice, And one of hell of…

— Any

“Wanaume wanaojiua kwa sababu ya mapenzi ni wanawake; wanawake wanaojiua kwa sababu ya fedha ni wanaume.”

— Panthera Tigrisi

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

— Nicole Kidman

Particularly because of the Troubles, there was a real pull-together of communities. We had a lot of young women that were representing…

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about…

— Warren Farrell

Take a woman talking, purging herself with rhymes, drumming words out like a typewriter, planting words in you like grass seed. You'll…

— Anne Sexton