Women Quotes - Page 98

God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness. It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is useful to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.

We women, when we're searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes.

The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.

No it was not the novelty, and it was not the danger and the adventure (although these had their charm). It was certainly not a passing whim (if it had been the hard work would have dispelled it in a very short time!). I think there were three chief reasons for my choice of career: First, a real love for, and interest in aviation Secondly, a determination to earn my own money and to make my career a paying proposition. Thirdly, a conviction that aviation was a profession of the future and therefore had room to welcome its new followers.

Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.

Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.

I don't like it when I outweigh my men.

They (the women) will always do it, it seems to me... I am woman and I am strong.

Some are so uncharitable as to think all women bad, and others are so credulous as to believe they are all good. All will grant her corporeal frame more wonderful and more beautiful than man's. And can we think God would put a worse soul into a better body?

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

There is no such thing as romance in our day, women have become too brilliant; nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly

Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.

When women put their heads together, powerful things can happen!

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us, don't take us for granted!

[On women:] We are all yeses. We are worthy enough, we passed inspection, we survived the great fetal oocyte extinctions. In that sense, at least - call it a mechanospiritual sense - we are meant to be. We are good eggs, every one of us.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween.