When I look back over my life it’s almost as if there was a plan laid out for me – from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn’t afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.
Jane GoodallWhen people say ‚marriage‘ to me… It’s always a means to an end. Everyone’s so in a rush to define the relationship.
Lady GagaI think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there’s so much pressure on you.
Vivienne WestwoodThe trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.
Marilyn MonroeAnyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Groucho MarxI look like a woman, but I think like a man.
Dolly PartonIf you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret ThatcherGirls shouldn’t worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
Marilyn MonroeI’ve never been a feminist.
Dolly PartonIf you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don’t see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.
Vivienne WestwoodTo be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
Samuel JohnsonThe masculine spirit is under assault. It’s obvious.
Jordan PetersonYou can’t keep your mind on fighting when you’re thinking about a woman. You can’t keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.
Muhammad AliPlain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
Katharine HepburnA gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
Ruth Bader GinsburgIf women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
H. L. MenckenThe only really happy folk are married women and single men.
H. L. MenckenI’m not denyin‘ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ‚em to match the men.
George EliotI have much more support than most women around this world, and I have the financial means to have a home and help with care and food.
Angelina JolieAmerica is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.
George W. BushMy mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the ’40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
Ruth Bader GinsburgHillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember – there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.
Madeleine AlbrightIt’s amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.
Stephen CoveyThe battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Eleanor RooseveltThe upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
Queen Elizabeth IIThere are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
Nelson MandelaIn the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
Pope FrancisYoung men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.
Russell M. NelsonThis is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.
Madeleine AlbrightAnger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks.
Francis BaconI don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.
EminemThe proper study of mankind is woman.
Henry AdamsIn the ’50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.
Ruth Bader GinsburgFame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
Baruch SpinozaWomen deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don’t mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That’s not power. That’s just corruption.
Jordan PetersonGenerally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?
Anne FrankWoman’s at best a contradiction still.
Alexander PopeLong before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
C. S. LewisOne of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
Marilyn MonroeAristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
Bertrand RussellThe battle for women’s rights has been largely won.
Margaret ThatcherWomen are made to be loved, not understood.
Oscar WildeThere are a lot of good women in New York.
DrakeWhy do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to.
Henny YoungmanA man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.
Marilyn MonroeKindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
William ShakespeareWhen you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it’s all great positivity – I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you’re trying to do. And I’ve seen artists get caught up in that.
Kendrick LamarI have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
Madeleine AlbrightThere are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls, but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd. Of course, I expect this, but the knife still cuts.
Charles BukowskiWomen. They are a complete mystery.
Stephen HawkingWhen a father puts in long hours at work, he’s praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late at the office, she’s sometimes accused of being selfish, neglecting her kids.
Michelle ObamaI love the women’s movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population.
Alice WalkerIn the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you’re a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.
Billie EilishMen are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
William ShakespeareFashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous.
Coco ChanelAll the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
VoltaireI’m for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.
Alice WalkerAs far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Maya AngelouThe male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.
Charles BukowskiThey’re right to think that about me, because I’m the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other women. And I think they know that.
Angelina Jolie