Sports stars Quote by Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Every woman knows what I’m talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field; that keeps…

— Rebecca Solnit

Every woman knows what I'm talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field; that keeps…

— Rebecca Solnit

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact…

— Meghan O'Rourke

“Many women talk a lot out of nervousness-which is something that men will often perceive as insecurity.”

— Sherry Argov

Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?

— Sarah Waters

“I know women whose entire personas are woven from a benign mediocrity. Their lives are a list of shortcomings: the unappreciative boyfriend, the extra…

— Gillian Flynn

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

— Anonymous

To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or a hen not to…

— Malcolm X

Some of my contemporaries don't want to talk about the female problem because they feel like whenever they get a teaching position or an…

— Du Yun

“This helps explain why for many women, speaking honestly in a professional environment carries an additional set of fears: Fear of not being considered…

— Sheryl Sandberg

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

— Bill Vaughan

Not even a woman cannot understand two people talking at the same time.

— Julian Treasure