Quotes about women
women phoenix mind
And there's a score of duchesses, surpassing womankind, Or who have found a painter to make them so for pay And smooth out stain and blemish with the elegance of his mind: I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day. William Butler Yeats
women heart sides
Though I have many words, What woman's satisfied, I am no longer faint Because at her side? O who could have foretold That the heart grows old?
women fencing sensible
No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. Wilkie Collins
women shade woods
Teach him to live unto God and unto thee; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade. Walter Savage Landor
women foundation virtue
The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.
women littles matter
When a woman hath ceased to be quite the same to us, it matters little how different she becomes.
women diaries treasure
What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it. Walter Scott
women trying another-woman
Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman. William Lyon Phelps
women white problem
White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that. William Kristol
women writing secret
If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully? Virginia Woolf
women mind desire
Such a mind we must desire to see in a woman,--a mind that stirs without irritating you, that arouses but does not belabour, amuses and yet subtly instructs. Woodrow Wilson
women keyboards bed
You just can't be good in bed anymore. You have to be good at the keyboard too. Xaviera Hollander
women past history
In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. Wilma Mankiller
women men looks
Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse. Will Rogers
women heart sight
Smells are surer than sounds and sights to make the heartstrings crack. Rudyard Kipling
women intuition absolute-certainty
A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.
women science males
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
women hate heart
Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
women knowing awkward
She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down. Zadie Smith
women men want
The only place men want depth in a woman is in her decolletage. Zsa Zsa Gabor
women sacrifice gaps
Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom. Zach Wamp
women firsts
God, why didn't you make Woman first - when you were fresh? Yves Montand
women flames people
I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance. Yves Saint Laurent
women vanity coquette
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds of propriety for our sakes, and throws herself unblushingly at our heads, we conclude it is either from a sudden and violent liking, or from extraordinary merit on our parts, either of which is enough to turn any man's head who has a single spark of gallantry or vanity in his composition. William Hazlitt
women break-through modesty
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises.
women reason
Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong.
women men grace
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
women fool garments
No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women. Walter Raleigh
women firsts duty
The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict. W. Somerset Maugham
women good-woman wicked
A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
women heart two
Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.
women sacrifice opportunity
A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.
women wrestling kind
Women are a problem, but if you haven't already guessed, they are the kind of problem I enjoy wrestling with. Warren Beatty