Women Quotes - Page 40

• Look on beauty,
  And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight,
  Which therein works a miracle in nature,
  Making them lightest that wear most of it.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Miracle, Looks

  1596-7 Bassanio, aside.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 3, sc.2, l.88-91.

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• If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Office, Religion, Church

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2012). “The Woman's Bible”, p.16, tredition

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• The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen
  As is the razor's edge invisible.

  William Shakespeare

  Wenches, Razors, Tongue

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Richard Farmer (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.36

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• Nay, we must think men are not gods,
  Nor of them look for such observancy
  As fits the bridal.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Thinking, Looks

  William Shakespeare (2016). “Othello: Revised Edition”, p.254, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
  They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;
  They eat us hungerly, and when they are full
  They belch us.

  William Shakespeare

  Years, Two, Desire

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.841, Wordsworth Editions

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• Oprah tells women what to read, what to eat, what to think, what to do.

  Adam Carolla

  Thinking

  "The Man Show". Comedy, Talk-Show, www.imdb.com. 1999 - 2014.

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• I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.

  William Shakespeare

  Grieving, Wish, Benedick

  William Shakespeare, Sheldon P. Zitner (1998). “Much Ado about Nothing”, p.174, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Talk about sexist - have you ever, ever, heard someone come up to a woman and say 'find your masculine side?' And by the way women, if you find your masculine side - I'm not interested.

  Brad Stine

  Sides, Way, Sexist

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• Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Standup Comic". A CD compilation of Allen comedy routines from 1964-1968, 1999.

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• Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Fashion, Men, Euphemism

  Andrea Dworkin (1989). “Pornography: men possessing women”, Plume

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• Most women are not as young as they are painted.

  Max Beerbohm

  Maturity, Young

  Yellow Book (1894) vol. 1, p. 67

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• Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up

  Margaret Atwood

  Inspirational, Believe, Mean

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Mar 09, 2015

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• There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

  Olive Schreiner

  Mom, Mother, Reality

  The Story of an African Farm pt. 2, ch. 4 (1883) See Proverbs 129

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• I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

  Lucy Stone

  Gratitude, Thinking, Speech

  "The Progress of Fifty Years". Speech at the Congress of Women at the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Chicago, Illinois, digital.library.upenn.edu. 1893.

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• To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world?

  Christopher Hitchens

  Inspirational, Motivational, Atheist

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “Hitchens vs Blair”, p.9, Random House

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• If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Years, Different, Born

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• There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Inspirational, Life, Creative

  "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics". "The Village Voice" Magazine, 1983.

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• There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.

  Katerina Graham

  Sexy, Independent, Home

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

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• All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

  Germaine Greer

  Death, Independent, Survival

  Germaine Greer (1985). “Sex and destiny: the politics of human fertility”

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• Women are responsible for creating their own roles

  Kathleen Turner

  Creating, Roles, Responsible

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• Never forget to dream.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Inspirational, Dream, Empowering

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• What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

  Walter Scott

  Diaries, Treasure, Dull

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• There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children

  Kathleen Turner

  Children, Men, Stills

  "Why I'm moving to Europe". Interview with Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. January 17, 2006.

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• Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

  Kathleen Turner

  Directors, Should, Producers

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• If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts.

  Sharon Needles

  Strong Women, Ghost, Applause

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