- Equality
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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
- First Lady
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the beginning, all of us got 'women type' stories. Like covering the first lady instead of the president.
- Business Model
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's disconcerting that there's been this weird business model focused on teenaged boys, and it comes with a completely unexamined social cost. I hope there's an awareness happening to create an audience habituated to seeing women as they really are, rather than just a masticated shadow.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where I live, in Vermont, there's this thing that women know about men, which is this disease: their childhood was so idyllic that nothing in the rest of their life can ever be satisfying. It's almost a plague.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a whole new perspective on pregnancy and motherhood now that I'm experiencing it. Just because it's so hard and so confusing and so exciting. Women are so amazing that their bodies can do this and that they're strong enough to do this. I can't believe almost every woman goes through this, because it's so hard.
- Nov 07, 2020
Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the minimum wage and ensure women are paid equally for equal work.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020