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Women Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical…
- For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from…
- Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in…
- It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary education…
- Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and…
- Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than…
- Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep…
- Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining…
- Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.
- You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the…
- Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at least once a…
- Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was that women would tend to be pacifists. During the war…
- The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are…
- Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's he could beat her. From superiority in this respect others…
More Women Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- All fat women look the same; they all look 42. — Margaret Atwood
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood