Woman
Definition: An adult female human being.
Number of Quotes: 44
A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
Bella Abzug
Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein
get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
Bella Abzug
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
Bella Abzug
They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the
Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the
time, who knows, if we behave they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are.
Bella Abzug
Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old
woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.
Douglas Adams
Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which
lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.
Henry Adams
The proper study of mankind is woman.
Henry Adams
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Henry Adams
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.
John Adams
Woe betide the man who dares to pay a woman a compliment today ... Forget the flowers, the chocolates, the
soft word - rather woo her with a self-defence manual in one hand and a family planning leaflet in the other.
Alan Ayckbourn
No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
Honoré de Balzac
When you apply the word power to a man, it means strong and bold - very positive
attributes. When you use it to describe a woman, it suggests bitchy, insensitive, hard.
Jill Barad
Beauty comes in all sizes - not just size 5.
Roseanne Barr
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
Barbara Cartland
A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquaintance, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
Anton Chekhov
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.
Anton Chekhov
I am a man
he told her,
and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me something brown.
City of Glass
Cassandra Clare
But what is woman? - only one of Nature's agreeable blunders.
Hannah Cowley
If a lady says No, she means Perhaps; if she says Perhaps, she means Yes; if she says Yes, she is no Lady. If
a diplomat says Yes, he means Perhaps; if he says Perhaps, he means No; if he says No, he is no Diplomat.
Bertrand Dawson
A Congresswoman must look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, speak on any given subject with authority and most of all work like a dog.
Florence P. Dwyer
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too!
Elizabeth I
If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.
Katharine Graham
If you want to push something ... you're accused of being aggressive, and that's not supposed to
be a good thing for a woman. If you get upset and show it, you're accused of being emotional.
Mary Harney
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's; she changes it more often.
Oliver Herford
A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.
E. W. Howe
A new type of woman arises. She is called a career woman. A man is never a career man. That is his right and
privilege. But the woman is called career woman because her career
... demands that she ... even renounce normal life.
C. L. R. James
As usual, there's a great woman behind every idiot.
John Lennon
The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.
E. V. Lucas
For a woman to attain a high level in a male-dominated profession, she has to work twice as hard and/or be twice as smart.
Elizabeth Mackay
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Christopher Marlowe
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.
Christopher Morley
Restaurants have this in common with ladies: the best are often not the most enjoyable, nor the grandest the
most friendly, and the pleasures of the evening are frequently spoiled by the writing of an exorbitant cheque.
John Mortimer
When a woman is wearing shorts her charms are enlarged without being enhanced.
Beverley Nichols
By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
Dorothy Parker
A woman is like a teabag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is.
Nancy Reagan
It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.
Helen Rowland
Never trust a husband too far or a bachelor too near.
Helen Rowland
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own even if she never wants
to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her
dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black
lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who
lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone
else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a
recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
HOW TO QUIT A JOB,
BREAK UP WITH A LOVER,
AND CONFRONT A FRIEND WITHOUT RUINING THE FRIENDSHIP...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't
take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table...
or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...
Pamela Redmond Satran
Crying is almost a ritual that male politicians must do to prove they are compassionate, but women are supposed to wear iron britches.
Pat Schroeder
I have nothing to offer you but my strength for your defence, my honesty for your surety, my ability and industry for
your livelihood, and my authority and position for your dignity. That is all it becomes a man to offer to a woman.
George Bernard Shaw
A woman either loves or hates; there is no third.
Publilius Syrus
A woman, when she thinks alone, thinks badly.
Publilius Syrus
In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
We shall not be diverted from our course. To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media
catch-phrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say. You turn if you want; the lady's not for turning.
Margaret Thatcher
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