Women Quotes

Small: And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their pla
Bob Geldof
"And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure"
Bob Geldof, Actor
Small: Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of th
"Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons"
George Byron, Poet
Small: Ive looked on many women with lust. Ive committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this an
Jimmy Carter
"I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me"
Jimmy Carter, President
Small: My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now provi
Jimmy Carter
"My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception"
Jimmy Carter, President
Small: Women are like teabags. We dont know our true strength until we are in hot water!
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anythi
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion
"Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion"
Stendhal, Writer
Small: Its always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman
Keanu Reeves
"It's always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you're seeing the most beautiful thing on God's Earth"
Keanu Reeves, Actor
Small: I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, be
Audre Lorde
"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: I can tell you I didnt feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want
"I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that"
Mary J. Blige, Musician
Small: The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes
"The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!"
Phil McGraw, Psychologist
Small: But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women
Audre Lorde
"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard t
Audre Lorde
"In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for i
Audre Lorde
"Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation
"Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men
Audre Lorde
"Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: We dont have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do.
Hillary Clinton
"We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way"
Hillary Clinton, Politician
Small: Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest
"Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet m
"Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned
Jan Egeland
"We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured"
Jan Egeland, Public Servant
Small: In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And t
Hillary Clinton
"In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change"
Hillary Clinton, Politician
Small: I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, a
"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people"
Chief Joseph, Leader
Small: Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again
David Herbert Lawrence
"Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again"
David Herbert Lawrence, Writer
Small: Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather h
"Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler
"There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even w
"The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue
"The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-na
"From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured"
Samuel Richardson, Novelist
Small: Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other wo
"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form"
Gloria Steinem, Activist
Small: Men and women, women and men. It will never work
"Men and women, women and men. It will never work"
Erica Jong, Novelist
Small: Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason
"Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason"
Indra Devi, Celebrity
Small: We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what
"We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel"
Indra Devi, Celebrity
Small: The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthian
"The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
Small: We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat
"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to
"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: There is still the feeling that womens writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery
"There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge"
Erica Jong, Novelist
Small: Ive sort of dealt with the characters lives more particularly the women characters
"I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters"
Gilbert Hernandez, Artist
Small: In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comr
"In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence"
Richard Le Gallienne, Poet
Small: Women have the feeling that since they didnt make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them
"Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them"
Diane Johnson, Novelist
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