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Women Quotes by Isak Dinesen
- Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.
- I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with…
- I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and…
- Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things…
- When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little,…
- I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them.
- The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.
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