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Women83 quotes
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667What the fuck do women want? I know what you want: everything. — Chris Rock · 1999Frailty, thy name is woman! — William Shakespeare · 1616That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925God created woman. And boredom did indeed cease from that moment-but many other things ceased as well! Woman was God's second mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895All 83 quotes →Men and women23 quotes
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697God created woman. And boredom did indeed cease from that moment-but many other things ceased as well! Woman was God's second mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BCNow, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. — Genesis 2:21-22 · 1405 BCIn the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990All 23 quotes →Nature of women14 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667Woman's at best a contradiction still. — Alexander Pope · 1735A fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCI know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990She floats, she hesitates; in a word, she's a woman. — Jean Racine · 1691All 14 quotes →Gender relations10 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BCNow, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. — George Meredith · 1859It is hard for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. — Thomas Hardy · 1874Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man-there has never been such another... Who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as "The women, God help us", or "The ladies, God bless them!" — Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946All 10 quotes →Patriarchy8 quotes
That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925It is hard for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. — Thomas Hardy · 1874A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. — Proverbs 12:4 · 686 BCA woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. — Leonard Cohen · 1963Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man-there has never been such another... Who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as "The women, God help us", or "The ladies, God bless them!" — Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. — Charlotte Whitton · 1963All 8 quotes →Oppression of women6 quotes
What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!... Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show us the narrow limits, the Gothic structure, the impenetrable barriers of our prison. — Maria Edgeworth · 1806Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion, that they were created rather to feel than reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792A woman can hardly ever choose...she is dependent on what happens to her. She must take meaner things, because only meaner things are within her reach. — George Eliot · 1866Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relationships with men, in their relationships with women, all men are rapists, and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes. — Marilyn French · 1977Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious, admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them. — Muhammad · 632Pursuing women4 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 · 1992She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed;
She is a woman, therefore to be won. — William Shakespeare · 1592Sometimes, the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring. — Edward Bloom · 2003Women's rights4 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792I would earnestly ask my sisters to keep clear of both the jargons now current everywhere... Of the jargon, namely about the "rights" of women, which urges women to do all that men do... Merely because men do it, and without regard to whether this is the best that women can do; and of the jargon which urges women to do nothing that men do, merely because they are women... Woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is... Without attending to either of these cries. — Florence Nightingale · 1860Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities. — Daniel Defoe · 1697That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious. This is especially true when the burdens of motherhood are upon her... As healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical wellbeing of woman becomes an object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race. — David J. Brewer · 1908Beautiful women2 quotes
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. — Raymond Chandler · 1940I met a Lady in the Meads
Full beautiful, a faery's child
Her hair was long, her foot was light
And her eyes were wild— — John Keats · 1820Women's bodies2 quotes
Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don’t stare at it. It’s too risky. Ya get a sense of it and then you look away. — Jerry Seinfeld · 1993A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. — Leonard Cohen · 1963Adam and Eve1 quote
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. — Genesis 2:21-22 · 1405 BCAging1 quote
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. — William Shakespeare · 1607Alcohol1 quote
Women and wine should life employ.
Is there ought else on earth desirous? — John Gay · 1728Blondes1 quote
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Broken heart1 quote
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Catholic church1 quote
The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes. — Shirley Williams · 1981Changing the world1 quote
Women are the door to reconciliation with the world. — Octavio Paz · 1995Civilization1 quote
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1868Education1 quote
Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities. — Daniel Defoe · 1697Eve1 quote
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667Feminism1 quote
Now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982Getting engaged1 quote
Sometimes, the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring. — Edward Bloom · 2003God1 quote
If God was a bitch, there wouldn't be no nuclear bombs, no wars, no shit like that, cause that ain't in a bitch's nature. — Doughboy · 1991Guns1 quote
There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun—a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere. — Cherry Valance · 1948Hollywood1 quote
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros. — Ethel Barrymore · 1953Horses1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Hurting others1 quote
Women and elephants never forget an injury. — Saki · 1904Incomprehensibility of women1 quote
Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand. — William Congreve · 1695Marriage1 quote
Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703Memory1 quote
Women and elephants never forget an injury. — Saki · 1904