To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women. Megan Fox on women
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. Chinua Achebe on women
The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul. Emma Goldman on women
People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people. Mick Jagger on women
I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful. Adam Lambert on women
Women are the real reason we get up every day. I'm talking about real men. If there were no women, I would not even have to bathe, because why would I care? These are guys I'm hanging with. I wake up for a woman every day of my life to make it happen for her. Steve Harvey on women
When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. Helen Rowland on women
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men. Wangari Maathai on women
I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. Jeff Bridges on women
Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends. Drew Barrymore on women
I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that. Calvin Klein on women
Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer. Calvin Klein on women
I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object. Tori Amos on women
Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so. Gertrude Stein on women
The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find. Charles Baudelaire on women
And so, whether they came here on the Mayflower, on a slave ship, or on an airplane from Havana, we are all descendants of the men and women who built here the nation that saved the world. Marco Rubio on women
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. Madeleine Albright on women
No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic. James Larkin on women
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception. Jimmy Carter on women
Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart on women