Quotes about Women
Don't forget that not only was Socrates ugly but also that many famous women lovers did not distinguish themselves at all by their physical perfection. Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge women only by what can be seen. But those who really know women understand that the eye reveals only a minute fraction of what a woman can offer us
— Milan Kundera
Men and women are born incomplete, and need each other to become whole. They are born with complimentary qualities and characteristics. Each one needs the other to fulfill his or her human destiny.
— Brian Tracy
Why do magazine do this to women? Miranda complains now, glaring at Vogue. It's all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like they're not good enough. And when women don't feel like they're good enough guess what? What? I (Carrie) ask, picking up the grocery bad, Men win. That's how they keen us down she concludes
— Candace Bushnell
So much of being a woman is telling lies, isn't it?" Victory asked. "It's telling yourself that you want the things that society tells you you should want. Women think that survival depends on conformity. But for some women, conformity is death. It's a death to the soul. The soul," she said, "is a precious thing. When you live a lie, you damage the soul.
— Candace Bushnell
Brewing was often viewed as an appropriate activity for widows, who found it hard to farm land.
— Terry Jones
It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
— GK Chesterton
Plan International protects the rights of children and young women, and I'm an ambassador for the 'Because I Am a Girl' campaign.
— Toni Garrn
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.
— Sheryl Sandberg
Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
— Madeleine Albright
Jesus lives the challenge to our gender stereotypes and prejudices, but he is also wonderfully subversive in the ways he legitimates and empowers women.
— Shane Claiborne
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
— CS Lewis
in the wisdom of women the Golden One had understood more than we can understand.
— Ayn Rand