Women Quotes

One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand.

Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept a secret by women in one very remote county in China for a thousand years. It's the only language that was invented and used by women to have been found anywhere in the world.

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Women never have young minds. They were born three thousand years old.

When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks feel like little nudges.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.

I love to play women who are strong and unapologizing and kind of rough around the edges and don't care what anybody thinks about that.

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.

I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I'm not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don't fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time.

Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV.

The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.

Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.

Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either.

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix.

I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

I see explicit covers on magazines, and they're getting even more explicit, and it's like, Are women being empowered, or is this just what sells magazines? Are they feeling pressured, or have they really come into themselves and are saying, 'I am woman, hear me roar?'

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys.

I love that as a theme for women: Stop standing by! You've got to make stuff happen! You've got to create your own world because if you let other people do it, they're going to just screw you.

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.