Women Quotes
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There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by.
Eva Figes
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We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case.
Clare Wright
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Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.
Jon Meacham
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I have not much faith in women in fiction.... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When a woman writes a story of adventure, a stout sea tale, a manly battle yarn, anything without wine, women, and love, then I will begin to hope for something great from them, not before.
Willa Cather
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Women? In order to realize how far these charming creatures we idealize can carry their cruelty, we must see them among themselves!
Honore de Balzac
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I think women should be more independent. In society, we're portrayed as people who simply wear make-up and sit around. We need a Princess Charming - a woman who rescues her man and slays the dragon instead of the other way round.
Adora Svitak
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Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning.
Nicholas Sparks
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In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.
Erica Jong
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Tis Lilith. Who? Adam's first wife is she. Beware the lure within her lovely tresses, The splendid sole adornment of her hair; When she succeeds therewith a youth to snare, Not soon again she frees him from her jesses.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
Ruth Gordon
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Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.
Brian Tracy
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The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you call a redeemer, every man, woman and child on this planet will be eliminated.
Sun Ra
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How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
Georg Buchner
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As women we try so hard to be perfect at everything, all the time. It's impossible.
Ayda Field
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Urban women don't breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly.
Uma Thurman
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I'm at my best when I'm talking about relationships, talking about women, talking about situations and stories.
Anderson Paak
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In a world like this with no laws, no charter of human rights, it's the women who suffer. It's the women who learn what it is to be tough, not the men.
Alex Scarrow
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I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.
Neil Cross
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The funniest women I've known are Southern. It is such a vital way to get what you want. Charm and grace and a sense of humor will take you a long way.
Connie Britton
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When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.
Joy Bryant
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Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I'll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.
Mariah Carey
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I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.
David Lee Roth Van Halen
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The image I gravitate towards are spunky women, women who talk back.
Catherine Hicks