Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlotte Bronte

Whatever my powers--feminine or the contrary--God had given them, and I felt resolute to be ashamed of no faculty of his bestowal.

What makes it discriminatory is that it requires women to present themselves in a particularly feminine way.

Kevin McDonald

I feel that I'm sort of playing me but more feminine, and to me more feminine means smarter.

Antonio Gates

When I'm in a game, something might be hurting, like a finger, and this sounds so feminine to come to a trainer and be like, 'You know, my fingernail hurts,'

Tracy McMillan

I think of masculine and feminine energy like two sides to a battery. There's a plus side and a minus side, and in order to make something turn on, you need to have opposites touching. It's the same in relationships.

Lenny Kravitz

I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.

Angela Merkel

Never before in my political life have I been taken so seriously as woman as in the past few months. ... In return, I have publicly recognized my feminine identity to an unusual measure.

It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins.

Seamus Heaney

I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself.

Women don't like feminine cars. Women have proven they do like macho cars. The idea 'Let's make it pink and sell it to women' has never worked.

Winnie Holzman

There is something at the heart of 'The Wizard of Oz' that is about feminine empowerment. I never set out to do that as a goal - write a musical about feminine empowerment. But the wizard, the male character, is a charlatan and a fraud. The witches have real power.

Charlotte Rampling

My style very much leans towards the masculine, but I think I am feminine in it - I like the feminine body in masculine shapes. The androgynous look suits me.

Carrie-Anne Moss

I don't have any huge desire to show you all that I'm not tough and strong, that I'm all feminine and soft. That's not a huge longing that I have because I know who I am.

At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead; I was never the star in films, I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I never really had my big moment on the screen.

Jean Paul Gaultier

What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway?

Gaston Bachelard

If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?

Even though I see myself as a male, often I'm talking to other people, especially within the LGBT community, and I refer to myself with feminine pronouns and nouns and think nothing of it,

Catherine Deneuve

The thing about a tuxedo is that it is virile and feminine at the same time,

James Salter

I've made an effort to nurture the feminine in myself. I don't mean overtly, but in terms of response to things.

I've always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I've been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my face on.

The ruffled wrap was pretty and dainty, so it was feminine but it also was tailored and would be right for work, too.

It's not a feminine thing to do so it's a sign of liberality.

Alicia Keys

I've gotten more into my feminine side. It's sexy but with an edge. I like to try new things, whether people like it or not.

Marianne Williamson

In Taoist philosophy, 'yin' is the feminine principle, representing the forces of earth, while 'yang' is the masculine principle, representing spirit.

Emma Bonino

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

Jason Wu

For a while, I just thought that I wanted to be an illustrator because that's all I wanted to do. I also did some sculpting. It was always very artsy and very feminine, everything that I did.

Marianne Williamson

Feminine power isn't something we go out and acquire; it's already within us. It's something we become willing to experience. Something to admit we have

Oscar Niemeyer

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

Kathy Bates

I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that.

William Faulkner

Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you

Silvio Scaglia

We will make La Perla a great international brand for beauty and feminine luxury.