I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with someone like me. Antonio Banderas on women
You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. Emma Thompson on women
Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man. Julie Burchill on women
I'm not out burning bras, but I'm very opinionated about women owning their power. Katherine Heigl on women
As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women. Julie Burchill on women
Women, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work. Julie Burchill on women
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. Louisa May Alcott on women
You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know,' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it, but I'm not. Adam Sandler on women
Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything). Julie Burchill on women
When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.' Louis C. K. on women
Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.' Julie Burchill on women
Women do not often fall in love with philosophers. Samuel Richardson on women
I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness. Julie Burchill on women
Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. Samuel Richardson on women
Can I just say here how much I hate the word 'pamper'? While pretending to celebrate and indulge women, it actually implies that their bodies are so revolting that even their 'me time' must be dedicated to turning them into living dolls if potential suitors are to be prevented from running screaming in horror. Julie Burchill on women
It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them. Sheryl Sandberg on women
There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of. Julie Burchill on women
If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. Sheryl Sandberg on women
I don't really care what people tell children - when you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, one more fib won't hurt. But I am infuriated by the growing notion, posited in some touchy-feely quarters, that all women are, or can be, beautiful. Julie Burchill on women
Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men. Vivienne Westwood on women