Quotes about women
197 quotes from 127 people
Fannie Hurst1889–1968From speech at the National Conference of Women sponsored by “The New York Times.” Beth Blair. Women Will Have New World Status, Miami Daily News, April 27 1943, page 11A, Column 5.A woman still has to be twice as good as a man in order to get half as far.
Fannie Hurst1889–1968From speech at the National Conference of Women sponsored by “The New York Times.” Beth Blair. Women Will Have New World Status, Miami Daily News, April 27 1943, page 11A, Column 5.
Henry James1843–1916The Tragic Muse (1890), ch. IX
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I (31 July 1763) p. 132. [Several editions have the variant “hind legs”.]It’s not about finding the right man, it’s about being the right woman.
DJDebby JonesLady In WaitingFor a woman, forty is torture, the end. I think turning forty is miserable.
Grace Kelly1929–1982Kelly (1969) in interview with William B. Arthur. Cited in: James Spada (1988) Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess. p. 280
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Eye of AllahFour things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War.Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Other works- Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Female of the Species, Stanza 1 (1911).
For the colonel’s lady an’ Judy O’Grady,
Are sisters under their skins.Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896)- Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886), The Betrothed, Stanza 25.
No side will win the Battle of the Sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.
