Women - Quotes & Sayings
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
Gail SheehyMen and women, women and men. It will never work.
Erica JongIntimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.
Elizabeth BowenObviously, different people identify me as the face of women's hockey and whatnot, but like my teammates, I'm just there to perform and compete.
Hilary KnightAll women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.
Franklin P. JonesI don't know if women are meant to run, especially after having kids.
Pamela AndersonFor women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
JuvenalThe reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.
Viola DavisI'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.
Courtney LoveWhat we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.
Cameron DiazThere is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.
Ziggy MarleyBut, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
Mary AstellWere there no women, men might live like gods.
Thomas DekkerIn life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.
Elizabeth WurtzelWomen are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
Hugh GrantWhen I think about my own relationships to the women that I really loved, it feels like that love, even after we've broken up and we're no longer speaking, that love never goes away. No one told me that.
Junot DiazNondiscrimination has been the law of the land for over three decades, yet, in some workplaces, the standard for treatment of pregnant women has remained in the dark ages. Some are fired or demoted, with no hesitation, when a modest accommodation would allow them to continue to work and support their families.
Valerie JarrettMost women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
Anna HeldWomen have a predestination to suffering.
Bela LugosiUntil Eve arrived, this was a man's world.
Richard ArmourI think women are excellent social critics.
Laurie AndersonWomen hear rhythm differently than men.
Elvis CostelloI always tell the story of 'Irreplaceable.' I initially wrote 'Irreplaceable' with myself in mind, with plans of it being my record. I love that record; however, what I realised about that record was that though given the circumstances of that situation - men and women are not that different - when you sing about it, it changes things, you know?
Ne-YoIn love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.
Francois TruffautMy mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the Bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity.
Phil Robertson90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?
Bob GeldofThe problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.
Bill CunninghamWomen's value has been under-recognized for far too long.
Sidney SheldonWhen women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
Benjamin SpockWomen have this obsession with shoes.
Alexandra PaulThe Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
Patty DukeNature makes woman to be won and men to win.
George William CurtisMy efforts to join the fight against breast cancer all began around the fact that women were getting short-changed in the medical arena.
Evelyn LauderWomen need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.
Natalie GoldbergFeminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
Hanna RosinYou're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.
Isaac MizrahiThe thing is, one in three women in the Western world will end up having an abortion, but they never talk about it. When you keep silent about that stuff, it is because you are embarrassed by the societal distaste of the topic.
Caitlin MoranWomen today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.
Helen ReddyWomen should have choices, and women should feel good in what they wear.
Phoebe PhiloThe house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it.
Marguerite DurasI have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am.
Jean GiraudouxI always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.
Christine BaranskiAmerica is a land where men govern, but women rule.
John Mason BrownWhat bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
Jill ClayburghI'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.
Christie HefnerI think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age; I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.
Julia StilesWomen may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
Jessica SavitchWomen often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.
Jane CampionWomen with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
Candace BushnellI'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.
Britt Ekland