Ann Scott Quotes

I's only the things you don't do that you end up regretting: the women not courted, the paintings not painted, the paths not taken.

Ann Scott

• Women
• Paintings
• Paths

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.

  

  Mamie Gummer
  • Women
  • Charity
  • Refugee

• I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying, 'Women are wonderful and made of marshmallows,' but women can be anything. They can be amazing superheroes, or they can be dastardly villains, and everything in between.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Women
  • Amazing
  • Woman

• Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty.

  

  Ian K. Smith
  • Men
  • Women
  • True

• It's great when women support women. We need more women out there supporting women.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Great
  • Women
  • Support

• I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • Life
  • Women
  • Remember

• The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Women
  • Children
  • Career

• Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Men
  • Women
  • Feminist

• Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs. Or if the guy doesn't say anything when you walk out with a new top and the guy has no idea why you're mad at him. So of course, women are complicated.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Women
  • Why
  • Guy

• Some women work while they are pregnant, but not me. That was a choice I had made. That's when I took a break. Men can work at whatever stage they are; whether they turn daddy, they still have their own thing. But women can't afford that because by being mothers, they have to be there for their kids.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Work
  • Men
  • Women

• With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
  • Women
  • Power

• I'm a straight guy and I date women, but I get on really well with gay guys. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality. The weirdest thing for me is when straight guys get really freaked out by gay guys. It's almost like they're insecure in their own sexuality. For me, I can be in a room full of gay men and have fun.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Men
  • Women
  • Fun

• Men’s life expectancy was one year less than women’s in 1920; today, it is seven years less, yet the federal government has only an Office of Research on Women’s Health.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Life
  • Men
  • Women

• Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favour of matrimony.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Single

• If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him.

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • Women
  • Wish
  • Summer

• My mom is an art teacher and my dad owns a women's shoe store, so they're not actors by any means. Well, I guess to sell women's shoes, you have to be an actor.

  

  James Wolk
  • Women
  • Art
  • Dad

• I love telling stories; I always have, and I think women need to be more proactive about telling their own stories and sharing their points of view.

  

  Dylan Penn
  • Women

• Growing up with Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek - people who were always trying to do something else - I wanted to follow in their footsteps. They gave people a different perspective of how women were supposed to look like and be.

  

  Paula Garces
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.

  

  Donna Mills
  • Women
  • Model

• The biggest message I have for young women is, Don't start cutting off branches of your career tree unnecessarily early. Sometimes women say, I know I want to have a family or play in the local symphony, and they start pulling themselves out of their career path. You don't have to take yourself out of the running before you even start.

  

  Mary Barra
  • Women
  • Family
  • Career

• We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Men
  • Women
  • Health

• My drawing came out of editorial-style cartoons. Music was one thing and art was another, and there weren't really any standards for my art. My work was just drawings. They weren't done with any aspirations of becoming a part of punk scene. They weren't about punk. They were just collections of drawings, some of which I xeroxed and sold.

  

  Raymond Pettibon Black Flag
  • Done
  • Art
  • Scene

• Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • Up
  • Nice
  • Day

• People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for.

  

  Dash Mihok
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I's only the things you don't do that you end up regretting: the women not courted, the paintings not painted, the paths not taken.

  

  Ann Scott
  • Women
  • Paintings
  • Paths