Women Quotes

I have a great deal of respect for any women that will enter the world of little boys of sports.

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.

I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games. And I was acutely aware of women not really being in those roles then.

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.

On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else to do in their lives, and give them carte blanche.

Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family.

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

Women are being welcomed into science fiction, but it's through the back door.

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman.

I think the reason why strong women have such a powerful impact is that you've got the strength of a man with the heart and sensitivity of a woman.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.

Victoria's Secret is really about celebrating women and what they stand for: the strength.

Looking back, I didn't have the patience to work in fashion. I like women so much, but I was never qualified to torture them in photo shoots. You have to be really tough and brutal.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man no society will survive a shortage of women.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

The women's movement in the 1970s led more women into the workforce and got them closer to pay equality.

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

Those of us focused on issues related to social justice and equality are grateful for the significant steps President Obama has made to advance women's equality and status all over the world.

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

I would love for women to be focused on maximum wage, and I have fought to be recognized with equality for a long time.

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.

There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.

We have equality of men and women in western society, whereas in Islamic culture, women are inferior to men.

We are used to thinking of Amazon myths in terms of violence against uppity women, but the ancient evidence also reveals a vision of gender equality.

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not to say they're not entitled to equal rights, but they are not the same.

I don't think we really think about where we get our equality from. There is a sense of feminism and women become passe, in my opinion.

There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.

Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter they're considered crazy people or something.

The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.