We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we're just kind of there now. Miranda Lambert
I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. Doris Lessing
Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's indefensible. Jello Biafra
All my friends' mothers were appalling women. Doris Lessing
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation. Neil LaBute
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. Doris Lessing
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. Billy Joel
Equal pay isn't just a women's issue when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. Mike Honda
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. Mary Wollstonecraft
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense. Mary Wollstonecraft
Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. Mary Wollstonecraft
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test. Mary Wollstonecraft
Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice. Nancy Pelosi
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple. Sheryl Sandberg
You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail. David Duchovny
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best friends' mothers, and from surrogates, many of whom were not women at all but gay men. I have loved them my entire life, even after their passing. Anne Lamott
Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime. Carrie P. Meek
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. Grover Cleveland
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. Herbert Hoover
I love women's fashion, but women don't need me as much as men do. It's the men who have nothing to wear. Roberto Cavalli