“Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.”
Women have always shaped the world, even when the world refused to acknowledge it. These quotes explore feminism, strength, identity, motherhood, ambition, and the ongoing work of making sure half the population gets a full seat at the table.
“Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.”
“Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.”
“Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?”
“The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.”
“I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.”
“Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men.”
“Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.”
“Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.”
“Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.”
“I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it.”
“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”
“I don't think that women need to smell interesting.”
“All women's issues are to some degree men's issues and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose.”
“When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.”
“I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation.”
“A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.”