Women Quotes - Page 108

Woman is natural, that is to say, abominable.

Don't mix wine and women.

Jews can't serve on juries because they insist they're guilty.

The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.

Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from windex. Yes, I do windows.

Women are allowed to enter the spaces of the senses, the space of the body, the spaces opened by sensations, all kinds of feelings, but women are not allowed to enter the spaces of reason to the same extent, that is to say the space of ideas, political ideas.

We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.

think people get scared that they’re not going to be able to do it perfectly - they’re going to be criticized - they’re going to be like, “Well, I’m not totally green.” Well, you know what? At this point we don’t care... Just a shade of green is enough right now. Move a little bit closer towards this. Because the more people start moving closer and closer to it, that’s something that collectively makes a difference.

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

I don't sleep with happily married men.

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

You know there's only two things more beautiful than a good gun--a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering

Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.

In our young minds houses belonged to women were their special domain, not as property, but as places where all that truly mattered in life took place - the warmth and comfort of shelter, the feeding of our bodies, the nurturing of our souls. There we learned dignity, integrity of being; there we learned to have faith. The folks who made this life possible, who were our primary guides and teachers, were black women.

No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

Happiness is being married to your best friend.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate and subvert them.