Women Quotes - Page 22

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

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

And never, ever, no matter what else you do in your whole life, never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.

I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives and careers can best be measured by the relationships we have with the people most dear to us - our family, friends, and coworkers. If we fail in this aspect of our lives, no matter how vast our worldly possessions or how high on the corporate ladder we climb, we will have achieved very little.

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.

When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge, no fact can deflect their point of view.

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

We have to start looking at the world through women's eyes' how are human rights, peace and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women? It's also important to look at the world from the perspective of the lives of diverse women, because there is not single women's view, any more than there is a single men's view.

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.

When in doubt, freak 'em out.

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

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference towards one's neighbor who lives at the roadside, the victim of exploitation, corruption, poverty, and disease.