- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members unaccountable to traditional constituencies. They rise according to the needs and whims of their own special constituency of elites.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and her doofus husband. In the sitcom world, it's almost a cliche that the women have the common sense, going back to 'The Honeymooners.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I like women who talk smack.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like the eight most at-risk years for young men or young women are the four they're in high school and the four they should be in college.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Saudi clerics believe that letting women drive means they will be free to leave the house whenever they like - something that will have a liberalizing and, therefore, unwanted effect on society.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1970s, the only places on the Arabian Peninsula where women were working outside the home or school were Kuwait and Bahrain.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women today should have the same rights as men. And all citizens should have the right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are genuinely in a world that criticises women even when they are going through the biggest physical challenge of their life: pregnancy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Three women in my family, close relatives, have had breast cancer, and two have died from it, and still I never thought it could happen to me. I didn't even regularly check my breasts.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some women just skip having babies or adopt because they don't want to get fat or they haven't put in the time to find a partner. It's great to adopt, but a lot of adoptions are motivated by vanity and laziness.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of very rich, very successful, very lonely women in Los Angeles, and I never wanted to be one of them.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women think being thin is the way to go, but I prefer to have some meat on my bones.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020