Women Quotes - Page 17

• No woman wants to see herself too clearly.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Want, Women Want

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.50, BookBaby

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• Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Looks, Parlor

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

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• Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Water, Waiting, Silver

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.46, BookBaby

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• A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Littles, Able, Heroines

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

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• Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

  George Eliot

  Sorrow, Would Be, Half

  'Felix Holt' (1866) ch. 2

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• Eve is a twofold mystery.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Mystery

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1838). “The seraphim, and other poems, by E.B. Barrett”, p.81

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• Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Running, Contemplative Life, Creative

  Gift from the Sea ch. 2 (1955)

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• Woman - for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting glances on you. You seize her. No sooner does she feel herself in your grasp than she closes her eyes. It is a sign of her mission, the sign by which she says to man: "Blind yourself, for I am blind."

  Luigi Pirandello

  Eye, Example, Doe

  Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Six Characters In Search of an Author”, p.19, Jester House Publishing via PublishDrive

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• Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad; But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness, Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad

  James M. Barrie

  Sadness, Badness, Glad

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• ...man is the only animal that strikes his women-folk.

  Jeannie Gunn

  Animal, Strikes, Folks

  Jeannie Gunn (1908). “We of the Never-Never: A Novel”

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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

  Gun, Voting, Battle

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• What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.

  John Updike

  Race, Aliens, Mark

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• Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Queens, Long, Kingdoms

  "An Old-Fashioned Girl". Book by Louisa May Alcott, 1869.

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• Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.

  Jane Fonda

  Memorable, Wrinkles, Age

  "Jane's wrinkled but Fonda herself now". "The Sydney Morning Herald" Newspaper, December 22, 1985.

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• Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Girl, Heart, Looking Good

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.50, BookBaby

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• Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

  Amelia Earhart

  Courage, Failure, Sisterhood

  Letter to George Putnam, 1937

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• Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Apr 30, 2010

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• Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.

  Sacha Guitry

  Clothes, Abduction, Ready

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• He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of a woman.
  [It., Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina,
  E'l vago vento spera in rete acogliere
  Chi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina.]

  Jacopo Sannazaro

  Heart, Wind, Arena

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• Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

  Edna Ferber

  Inspirational, Memorable, Mean

  Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”

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• Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.

  Betty Friedan

  Diversity, Enemy, Suffering

  "The Christian Science Monitor", April 1, 1974.

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• There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

  Indira Gandhi

  Memorable, Atheism, India

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• It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

  Lillian Hellman

  Memorable, People, Pretending

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• It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

  Lillian Hellman

  Change, People, Fame

  Pentimento "Theatre" (1973)

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• Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Memorable, Acting, Four

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