Feminism Quote by Betty Grable

“The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when men discovered we can better shout orders from there.”

— Betty Grable

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give better orders from there.

— Betty Grable

I mean, putting women in the center of a movie and not talking about men, that's already political, right?

— Celine Sciamma

If you look through the shelves of science books, you'll find row after row of books written by men. This can be terribly off-putting…

— Lisa Randall

I tell people, I don't play women's basketball, I play basketball. Putting the 'women's' next to it shouldn't be an asterisk, like it's 'less…

— Kelsey Plum

“The steps were flanked by a pair of low pedestals, on which were mounted two giant cats carved out of some dark, polished material.…

— Diane Setterfield

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals-they always come in handy.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.

— Zaha Hadid

Don't put your heroes on pedestals.

— Jackie Fuchs

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.

— Samantha Bond

“Sometimes, I think... people we put on pedestals... they've got that much further to fall when you realize they're human.”

— Charles Sheehan-Miles

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

— Dean Devlin