- Me
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so supported, and I'm so privileged. So many women today are single parents; I don't feel different. I think you get out of life what you put into it... and Bluebell was a beautiful accident. I feel blessed to have her. I'm learning every day as a mother.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the beach, we women are at our most exposed and therefore most vulnerable. As any woman deserves to look and feel good, especially when she's away on holiday, she needs swimwear that pays proper attention to comfort and function. And there should also be some thought put into value.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The structure of 'March' was laid down for me before the first line was written, because my character has to exist within Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' plotline.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people say I always play neurotic women. Well, who doesn't play neurotic women?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a linchpin in many women's lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020