Quotes about women
197 quotes from 127 people
- CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832Lacon (1820), Volume 2, Vol. II; LXXXIX
Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.
I could not handle being a woman, I would stay home all day and play with my breasts.
Napoleon1769–1821The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud (9 January 1817); as quoted in The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818: Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon’s Captivity (1932) as translated by Norman EdwIn politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Speech to members of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds, delivered at the Royal Albert Hall (May 20, 1965); as quoted in Why Women Should Rule the World, HarperCollins (2008), Dee Dee Myers, p. 227A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn’t.
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
Having a male gynecologist is like going to an auto mechanic who doesn’t own a car.
Heav’n hath no rage like love to hatred turn’d, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.
William Congreve1670–1729The Mourning Bride (1697), Act III, scene viiiIn my heart, I think a woman has two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
