Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
Quotes to Explore
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The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
Florence Kelley -
Great men marry great women.
Ilyasah Shabazz -
A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
Nawal El Saadawi -
Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
Karrine Steffans -
I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
Patricia Riggen -
A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.
Gabrielle Union
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
Wangari Maathai -
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
Harri Holkeri -
Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work.
Karin Slaughter -
Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
Zoe Lister-Jones -
It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen that easily. It just doesn't. And so I don't act up in public and I don't do anything weird - because my sisters are watching me, not because the world is watching me.
Gabourey Sidibe -
It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
Rachel Cusk
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We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working.
Patricia Schroeder -
I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything.
Sabrina Lloyd -
I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose.
Garrett Hedlund -
Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
Nadine Gordimer -
There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.
Imogen Poots -
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.
John Sexton -
When I'm acting, I do what I'm supposed to do.
Alex Wolff -
I always love going to Paris, and now I feel like I know it really well.
Jacquelyn Jablonski -
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
Salvador Dali -
We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas