Quotes about women
women thinking artist
I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. Vivienne Westwood
women elegance femininity
It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity. Vivienne Westwood
women artist feminist
Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men. Vivienne Westwood
women ugly ugly-women
There is no such thing as an ugly woman. Vincent Van Gogh
women men victim
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. Walter Bagehot
women army blessing
Young women... you are, in my opinion, disgracefully ignorant. You have never made a discovery of any sort of importance. You have never shaken an empire or led an army into battle. The plays by Shakespeare are not by you, and you have never introduced a barbarous race to the blessings of civilization. What is your excuse? Virginia Woolf
women occupation may
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. Virginia Woolf
women simple womanly
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly. Virginia Woolf
women diversity poetry
I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf
women interesting feminism
Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? Virginia Woolf
women writing words-of-wisdom
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Virginia Woolf
women truth-is completeness
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. Virginia Woolf
women light female
Let men do their duty and the women will be such wonders; the female lives from the light of the male: see a male's female dependants, you know the man. William Blake
women heart humanity
Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace. Samuel Smiles
women taken maids
All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at firstsight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man. Samuel Richardson
women eye heart
The eye is the casement at which the heart generally looks out. Many a woman who will not show herself at the door, has tipt the sly, the intelligible wink from the window. Samuel Richardson
women thinking men
The woman who thinks meanly of herself is any man's purchase. Samuel Richardson
women eye home
Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house. Samuel Richardson
women modern-woman bachelors
The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors. Samuel Richardson
women hair arms
An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. Salvador Dali
women dangerous generalization
To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize in them is infinitely worse. Rudolph Valentino
women today hated
I'm here today because I hated everything else. Wanda Sykes
women equality arms
A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm. Jostein Gaarder
women vampire world
The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it. Joss Whedon
women struggle empowering
I might have a little bit of cellulite. I might not be toned everywhere. I might struggle in this area or that. But accepting that just empowers me. Kim Kardashian
women inspire ease
England produces under favorable conditions of ease and culture the finest women in the world. And, as the men are affectionate and true-hearted, the women inspire and refine them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
women might weakness
A woman's strength is the unresistible might of weakness. Ralph Waldo Emerson
women kingdoms elements
Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate. Ralph Waldo Emerson
women broken arms
When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are. Laurie Anderson
womens-health
certainly the women's health part is something that I've become very interested in. It's not something I thought about when George [Bush] was elected...what I'd always been interested in was education. Laura Bush
women hysteria weapons
Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it. Tennessee Williams
women fifty illusion
A woman's charm is fifty percent illusion. Tennessee Williams
women lorraine
Women see through Claude Lorraines. Ralph Waldo Emerson