But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire. W. E. B. Du Bois on women
The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, full-blown mutual flourishing, and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction, personal adoration, and moral admiration that is hard to find. Cornel West on women
The battle for women's rights has been largely won. Margaret Thatcher on women
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier. Rudyard Kipling on women
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. Sarah Jessica Parker on women
The three great problems of this century the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness. Victor Hugo on women
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. Bertrand Russell on women
Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Hillary Clinton on women
I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine. Hillary Clinton on women
It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am. Elle Macpherson on women
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. Carroll O'Connor on women
Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do. Anna Held on women
I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious. Shirley Manson on women
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. P. J. O'Rourke on women
I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim? Elizabeth Taylor on women
A women's greatest asset is her beauty. Alex Comfort on women
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. Abbe Pierre on women
After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi. P. J. O'Rourke on women
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. Walt Whitman on women
If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? Gloria Steinem on women