Women Quotes

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

I think for a woman, getting older can help, through personal experience, although of course older women are then rendered invisible in our society, another existential crisis.

The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

On the whole, most biographies about literary women tend to diagnose them.

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

For me, to be a feminist is to answer the question 'Are women human?' with a yes.

Some of the men and women who will not say in so many words the thing which is not, will deliberately give a false impression. They are not the servants of truth; they are the parasites of truth.

I've always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It's inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?

Eventually women will learn there's no such thing as freedom. Their husbands are just as fastened to the deck as they are. Men get onto a treadmill and never got off.

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do.

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

I don't think I've ever had a woman yell that at me, but women have yelled mean things at me as well.

What I've heard from younger women and women my age is that the albums changed their lives or it was the first time they had heard feminism that they could relate to. So that's great.

I think this whole Billy Bush thing just pushed women over the edge because it's so visceral.

You have these Stepford wives who are negating other women. But that's their job. [Donald] Trump is the one who is to blame, no matter how much I enjoy watching his surrogates fail massively.

When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and girls-type causes I was involved in.

It's unexpected for women's issues to be brought up in places other than women's centers on college campuses or crisis places.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children

I am dedicated to ensuring reproductive health and freedom for all.

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.

The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful.

I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women.

There are generations of women who left the workforce to be moms, and their kids grow up, and they think, "Well, what now?"

Women just get really hard on each other.

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.

There are a lot of powerful women in Hollywood who have been movie stars for a long time who are getting into their forties and fifties. I still want to see them work.

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

I want to see women onscreen the way I see them in society.

Women and girls have been my passion for my whole life.

I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.

We need to support these women who are in crisis pregnancy situations.

Women want to be treated as equals, not sequels.

Why can't women tell jokes? Because we marry them!

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

We need more young women who love sports even when their boyfriend/husband isn't making them watch!

I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it . It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.

I have a soft spot for women, I'm not afraid of it, some women walk into the room, and they're so beautiful and you're like, 'I wanna smell you' you know?

All women are created equal, then some become Мarines.

We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.

Usually I bring very attractive women with me to excite interest. I mean, it's a type of, like, strangers-with-candy situation.

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.