(3200 quotes found)
“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
Mae West
“I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.”
Cher
“When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?”
Dame Edith Evans
“I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships”
Gilda Radner
“For example, as a white woman, I'm shaped by my class, my gender, my race, my sex. My life is shaped by privilege as a white person, but at the same time, I may have experienced discrimination based on my gender or my religion.”
Abby Ferber
“The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at taking orders”
Linda Festa
“And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.”
Helen Rowland
“A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Louise has demonstrated exceptional courage, determination, inspiration and dedication, embodying the woman we were looking for when we came up with the idea for this contest. We are humbled and excited in equal measure to be able to bring recognition to someone who has selflessly given so much to so many.”
Adam Goldstein
“Back then very few people knew anything about AA, ... But as this woman spoke and told me about the meetings, I realised that something was happening at these meetings that had nothing to do with the medical profession or medical science. I decided to attend.”
Abraham Twerski