Smart Women Quotes - Page 2

• Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.

  Lori Greiner

  Business, Work, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Lori Greiner from Jan 06, 2014

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• Men are intimidated by smart women. They make us want to kick up our game more.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Smart, Men, Games

  FaceBook post by Ian Somerhalder from Jul 13, 2013

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• The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

  Joan Robinson

  Learning, Answers, Deceit

  "Marx, Marshall and Keynes" (1955)

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• I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Smart, Negative, Attractive

  "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

  Helen Clark

  Girl, Strong Women, Politician

  "Gentleman Don Affronted by Sexist Tag". www.nzherald.co.nz. August 24, 2005.

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• If you wish to fault the administration, it is that we didn't have a clear picture and we probably didn't do as clear a job explaining that we did not have a clear picture until days later.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Wish, Administration

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  For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Women, Learning, Class

  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

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• Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can't get.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Smart, Book, People

  FaceBook post by Barbara Corcoran from Sep 09, 2014

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• Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

  Kathleen Wynne

  Justice, Politician, Social

  "Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Kathleen Wynne: 'I want to be the social justice premier'". www.thestar.com. January 15, 2013.

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• Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities.

  Lisa Randall

  Art, Creativity, Science

  Lisa Randall (2012). “Knocking On Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate our Universe”, p.398, Random House

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• Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome - and even comforting - than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know.

  Carolyn Porco

  Beauty, God, Children

  "A Free-for-All on Science and Religion" by George Johnson, www.nytimes.com. November 21, 2006.

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• The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman behind a vote is every bit as useful as a man.

  Irene Parlby

  Women, Gun, Voting

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Light

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television. Especially as a black woman, I think it's important.

  Megalyn Echikunwoke

  Strong, Smart, Successful

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.

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• Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.

  Susan Wojcicki

  Education, Women, Science

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• Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Motivation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 15 June 2008

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• Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Strength

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.

  Wendy Liebman

  Funny, Dog, Witty

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• I believe, as they say, that you can't be what you don't see, and since I saw a lot of smart women in my life, education being at the center, I just mimicked that behavior.

  Eva Longoria

  Smart, Believe, Saws

  "Eva Longoria on Business, Beauty, and Mastering Her Signature Smoky Eye". Interview with Patricia Reynoso, www.glamour.com. March 17, 2015.

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• The modern challenge to motherhood is the eternal challenge--that of being a godly woman. The very phrase sounds strange in our ears. We never hear it now. We hear about every other type of women: beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so seldom to we hear of a godly woman--or of a godly man either, for that matter. I believe women come nearer to fulfilling their God-given function in the home than anywhere else.

  Peter Marshall

  Beautiful, Smart, Believe

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  Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

  Joseph Conrad

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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• Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Witty, Strong Women, Independent

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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  It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

  Susan B. Anthony

  Strong Women, Equality, White

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Funny, Women, Talking

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• Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

  Aristotle

  Money, People, Greek

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