Woman Quotes

Small: My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldnt have had
"My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood"
Haley Barbour, Politician
Small: Id much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and theyre the first to be re
"I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships"
Gilda Radner, Actress
Small: I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited
"I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have"
Florence Nightingale, Activist
Small: If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is
"If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years"
Ginny B. Waite
Small: I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a lon
"I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a long time ago. Artists aren't always seen as real people. If you start out as a teenager, sometimes people want to keep you locked as that. But I'm a woman now"
Jody Watley, Musician
Small: A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring
"A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring"
Jane Fonda, Actress
Small: Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat
"Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat"
Felicity Kendal, Actress
Small: A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singula
"A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel"
Elizabeth Blackwell, Scientist
Small: A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle
"A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle"
Edna Ferber, Novelist
Small: Theres something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy be
"There's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and like a spectator. I did, anyway"
Paul Reiser, Comedian
Small: If its a woman, its caustic if its a man, its authoritative
"If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative"
Barbara Walters, Journalist
Small: Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry
"Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry"
Barbara Dale
Small: You get elected, often, if youre a woman, on the strength of the womens vote then you get into office, and you
"You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment"
Eleanor Clift, Journalist
Small: A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, Youve defined m
"A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen"
Jill Clayburgh, Actress
Small: Every mans dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands
"Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands"
Jerry Lewis, Comedian
Small: A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast
"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast"
Edgar Watson Howe, Editor
Small: I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I can love
"I refuse to stand up in front of a rabbi and my friends and the woman I love - who I will tell you I can love with all my heart - and promise she will be the only one I will ever have until the day I die. That's a lie"
Gene Simmons, Musician
Small: The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women t
"The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats"
Frances Perkins, Politician
Small: Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees
"Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees"
Frances Perkins, Politician
Small: They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - theyre the str
"They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out"
Joan Van Ark, Actress
Small: What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast.
"What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change"
Jeanne Moreau, Actress
Small: I wouldnt mind getting emotionally involved with a woman
"I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman"
Frank Bruno, Athlete
Small: They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, eve
"They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind"
Cindy Crawford, Model
Small: A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she cant take the same things for granted
"A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted"
Dorothy Height, Activist
Small: Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good
"Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good"
Felix Adler, Educator
Small: I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it
"I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it"
Esai Morales, Actor
Small: My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman
Emma Thompson
"My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman"
Emma Thompson, Actress
Small: Womens liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman
"Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman"
Corita Kent, Artist
Small: Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?
"Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?"
Jeanne Moreau, Actress
Small: Until they come up with an independent woman whos on an adventure of her own, I dont think Im interested
"Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested"
Michelle Rodriguez, Actress
Small: For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits.
"For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married"
Jhumpa Lahiri, Author
Small: I really wanted to be born a woman. It all started there. A South American woman. And Im upset that I was born
"I really wanted to be born a woman. It all started there. A South American woman. And I'm upset that I was born a white Jewish male. I've been angry since"
Fisher Stevens, Actor
Small: When we started out in 64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship
"When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship"
Majel Barrett, Actress
Small: I am interested in the art. Im a professional woman
"I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman"
Claire Bloom, Actress
Small: As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that
"As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female"
Geena Davis, Actress
Small: A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries wont talk to you
"A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you"
Geena Davis, Actress
Small: I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the
"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
Small: Being Sexiest Woman Alive definitely didnt just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought
Jessica Biel
"Being Sexiest Woman Alive definitely didn't just open all the doors for me, which I thought it would. I thought, 'This is going to be huge for me!' And it really wasn't at all"
Jessica Biel, Actress
Small: The 90s are really the Sex and the City woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the Lipst
"The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman"
Candace Bushnell, Writer
Small: I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course its hard to be a woman in a mans world
"I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world"
Allison Janney, Actress
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