Woman Quotes
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
Lafcadio Hearn
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There are two sorts of affection – the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.
Arthur Wing Pinero
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In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.
Fatema Mernissi
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One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
Taye Diggs
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Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.
George Bernard Shaw
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To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.
Earl Wilson
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
Larry David
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
Salman Rushdie
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
Nawal El Saadawi
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A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her hearts inspiration.
Edmondo De Amicis
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When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.
Rachel Corrie
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You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.
Camille Claudel
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
Samantha Fox
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
Washington Irving
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
Eddie Bernice Johnson
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I think Barack Obama was born into a home not just to a white woman and white grandparents, but a white woman and white grandparents who shockingly told him it was okay that he was black and that he should not be ashamed of it and that he should, in fact, be proud of it.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Gonpo Tso was born a princess. As a young woman, she dressed in fur-trimmed robes with fat ropes of coral beads strung around her neck. She lived in an adobe castle on the edge of the Tibetan plateau with a reception room large enough to accommodate the thousand Buddhist monks who once paid tribute to her father.
Barbara Demick
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Britain can sometimes feel like a very small village, and you're this, I dunno, scarlet woman they're all gossiping about.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.
Kate Clinton
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
Yves Saint Laurent
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
Camilla Belle
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Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
Kate Winslet