Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. Virginia Woolf on women
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. Wangari Maathai on women
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. Geoffrey Chaucer on women
Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. Gilbert K. Chesterton on women
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. Abraham Maslow on women
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on women
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. Anita Brookner on women
I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy. Marilyn Manson on women
I think women should start to embrace their age. What's the alternative to getting older? You die. I can't change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy. Olivia Munn on women
Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women. Margaret Mead on women
There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile. Honore de Balzac on women
Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up. Bette Davis on women
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. Dwight D. Eisenhower on women
It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. Stephen Hawking on women
A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look. Emma Thompson on women
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld on women
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners. Jim Elliot on women
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld on women
I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate. Rita Mae Brown on women
Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. F. Scott Fitzgerald on women