Bette Davis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could no longer write in Hebrew. They needed to write in Yiddish, the language of the population.
-
I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
-
One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.
-
Women would rather be right than reasonable.
-
Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.
-
At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.
-
I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.
-
There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.
-
Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.
-
I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
-
Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.
-
I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
-
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.
-
I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
-
The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In the 1970s, as women began to take more jobs, society was reeling.
-
Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.
-
People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
-
There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.
-
You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.
-
Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the programs down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they'll just stick in these checks without thinking how they might slow the thing down.
-
I have been using Victorinox Cutlery since I was a young man, when my parents gave me a block set to properly equip me for my culinary apprenticeship.
-
Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think.
-
The point is that if you accept that there is only one energy in all things, then on an energy level there is no giving or receiving - just energy moving around within itself. It's only the ego that sees a separateness in things. So the ego will say, "The Cadillac went from Harry to Sally." But on an infinite level, it is neither Harry's nor Sally's, it is a part of all things. It is. Where it finds itself and whose name is on the owner's manual is irrelevant.
-
Strong women only marry weak men.
