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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
Mae West1893–1980
- Men
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae West1893–1980Sextette (1978)
- Comedy
I myself have never been able to find out what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
Rebecca West1892–1983“Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics,” in The Clarion, (14 November 1913), re-published in The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 (1982), p. 219
- Women
I find a lot of comfort in having one sex partner. That is because she knows what I like and I know what she won’t do.
Ron Whiteborn 1956Behavioral Problems (2009)
- Comedy
Men always want to be a woman’s first love; women have a more subtle instinct: what they like is to be a man’s last romance.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Men
- Women
Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Women
Woman are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Women
When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
- Forgiveness
- Women
One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Women
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1899)In context
- Age
- Women
Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
- Men
- Women
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), First Act, spoken by AlgernonIn context
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Third Act, spoken by Lady BracknellIn context
- Age
- Women
I do think it’s important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don’t really look like that. In films I might look glamorous, but I’ve been in hair and make-up for two hours.
Kate Winsletborn 1975Marie Claire, Kate Winslet interview by Harvey Marcus on Thursday 30 April 2009
- Beauty
- Women