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Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out. — Belinda (Fleabag) · 2019Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986Let me tell you a little something I've learned about women. They want you to come get them. They love it. — Garth Algar · 1992I'm all for that. Especially with women. You know, they may not admit it, but they all want a man to…take charge. Tell them what to do. — Darryl Jenks · 1988Drama4 quotes
I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion. — Blanche DuBois · 1951In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out. — Belinda (Fleabag) · 2019Well, Pa, a woman can change better'n a man. A man lives sorta—well, in jerks. Baby's born or somebody dies, and that's a jerk. He gets a farm or loses it, and that's a jerk. With a woman, it's all in one flow, like a stream—little eddies and waterfalls—but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it thata way. — Ma Joad · 1940Comedy (film)3 quotes
Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986Let me tell you a little something I've learned about women. They want you to come get them. They love it. — Garth Algar · 1992I'm all for that. Especially with women. You know, they may not admit it, but they all want a man to…take charge. Tell them what to do. — Darryl Jenks · 1988Drama (TV)2 quotes
In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out. — Belinda (Fleabag) · 2019Drama (film)2 quotes
I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion. — Blanche DuBois · 1951Well, Pa, a woman can change better'n a man. A man lives sorta—well, in jerks. Baby's born or somebody dies, and that's a jerk. He gets a farm or loses it, and that's a jerk. With a woman, it's all in one flow, like a stream—little eddies and waterfalls—but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it thata way. — Ma Joad · 1940Epic poem2 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667A fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCAction1 quote
I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012Action (film)1 quote
I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012Comedy (TV)1 quote
Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out. — Belinda (Fleabag) · 2019Comedy (play)1 quote
Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak. — William Shakespeare · 1616Epic1 quote
How fickle is woman. — Rhett Butler · 1939Epic (film)1 quote
How fickle is woman. — Rhett Butler · 1939Historical fiction1 quote
Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered. — William Makepeace Thackeray · 1859Historical romance1 quote
How fickle is woman. — Rhett Butler · 1939Historical romance (film)1 quote
How fickle is woman. — Rhett Butler · 1939Musical1 quote
Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags! — Professor Henry Higgins · 1964Musical (film)1 quote
Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags! — Professor Henry Higgins · 1964Musical comedy1 quote
Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags! — Professor Henry Higgins · 1964Musical comedy (film)1 quote
Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags! — Professor Henry Higgins · 1964Mystery1 quote
In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990Mystery (TV)1 quote
In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990Philosophical literature1 quote
In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1886Political literature1 quote
What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others. — John Stuart Mill · 1869Religious literature1 quote
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667Spy1 quote
I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012Spy (film)1 quote
I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012Western1 quote
Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986Western (film)1 quote
Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986