Women Quotes
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And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood.
Natascha McElhone
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That the women of the Old Testament were dressed with oriental richness there is no doubt, nor are they censured for so arraying themselves.
Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach the masses was something that meant a great deal to me - especially for women who could never wear Vera Wang.
Vera Wang
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On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
James Russell Lowell
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Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
Kate Smith
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I like being able to play women that are growing or aren't easy to love. Maybe they are really likable, but they're annoying because they're not tapping into who they're suppose to be. You're watching them, and you're like, 'Oh, why does she keep making this decision?'
Taylour Paige
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The hatred and contempt for men, women and children that was manifested in the Shoah was a crime against God and against humanity.
Pope Benedict XVI
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I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.
Rachel Bilson
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When I was a young boy, very young boy, mothers didn't work. Women were home, they took care of the house, they washed the dishes and took care of the children. That's what they did, and that's what my mother did.
Jerry Weintraub
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I was encouraged that a group of women wanted to start WISH List, which works like EMILY's List, only it supports pro-choice Republican women. It was started by one of our members, and I was happy to tell her how we did it and encourage her.
Ellen Malcolm
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Online,I’m out in Hollywood.I’m 6 foot 5 and I look damn good.Even on a slow day,I could have a three way,Chat with two women at one time.I’m so much cooler online;Yeah, I’m cooler online.
Brad Paisley
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Being trans, I've grown up with the understanding that most women are born girls, yet some are born boys. And most men are born boys, yet some are born girls. And if you're ready for this, some people are born girls or boys and choose to identify outside our society's binary system, making them genderqueer.
Janet Mock
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If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.
Callie Khouri
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Some black women hug me and walk away. A lot of black men talk about dating white women and how they've been there, too. People open up about their racial experiences. I feel like I'm a walking therapy session. It's quite intense. But it means a lot to people.
Daniel Kaluuya
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It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before.
Mary McAleese
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Clearly, products for women are not as well scrutinized as products for men. It appears they never tested the implants in breast tissue and that they received decades of complaints from women. It's the kind of stuff that makes you want to scream!
Emily Martin
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The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya – the Papunya Artists – performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the land.
Quentin Bryce
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People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
Janice Dickinson
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Everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing.
Kristen Stewart
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Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.
Colleen Hanabusa
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Many women try to advance in their careers by having all the answers; by being the go-to person for information and advice; or by building expertise in a particular field. However, as they progress, gain broader responsibilities, and grow into leadership roles, they realize that their span of control is too vast to be able to know every answer.
Adena Friedman
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I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.
Mara Brock Akil
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I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.
Doris Lessing