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Women Quotes by John Updike
- What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.
- In asking forgiveness of women for our mythologizing of their bodies, for being unreal about them, we can only appeal to their own sexuality, which…
- Women are an alien race set down among us.
- Those running tights the young women wear now, so they look like spacewomen, raspberry red and electric green so tight they show every muscle right…
- It's a man's world, they say; but in its daily textures it is a world created by and for women.
- The worst thing in the world is a bitter woman. That's one thing about your mother, she's never been bitter.
- Whatever art offered the men and women of previous eras, what it offers our own, it seems to me, is space - a certain breathing…
- Women, fire in their crotch, won't burn out, begin by fighting off pricks, end by going wild hunting for one that still works.
- How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.
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