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.

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• 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

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

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Great
  • Women
  • Support

• 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

• 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

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

  

  Jane Austen
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Single

• 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

• 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've been at war for 10 years with this generation of Marines. We've seen women do a whole lot of things between the war in Iraq and the current war in Afghanistan. The fact that I'm sitting here making sure that we continue to put out the best young Marines is just a matter of it being 2011.

  

  Loretta Reynolds
  • Women
  • War

• Hardworking men and women deserve not only job security, but also a paycheck when they need to take time off to care for a loved one.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• In the beginning of my career, I read an article about the reason that men always look five years younger than women is because they shave.

  

  Christie Brinkley
  • Men
  • Women
  • Career

• We should not wait any longer to ensure that women get the pay they deserve. I will keep fighting for this until we achieve equality. I am very thankful for all those who are already advocating for equal pay, and I hope others will join me in this fight.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
  • Women
  • Hope
  • Fighting

• I work for the Global Fund for Women, an organization that is actively supporting women's rights groups in 160 countries around the world.

  

  Kavita Ramdas
  • World
  • Work
  • Women

• I have spent my whole life trying to prove that women can get into politics. I'd now say to them, 'For God's sake don't do it - you'll get slaughtered.'

  

  Margaret Moran
  • Life
  • God
  • Women

• I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn't a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family.

  

  Dorothy Allison
  • Different
  • Women
  • Family

• Research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.

  

  Dee Dee Myers
  • Women
  • Justice
  • Environment

• No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.

  

  Catherine McAuley
  • Work
  • Women
  • Productive

• I don't think of me as, quote, 'coming out,' because I was never 'in.' I rarely, if ever, spoke about my private life and remain as neutral as possible.

  

  Elvis Duran
  • Life

• 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