“ She was one of those women of good family who no longer exist, elegant, distinguished, and haughty, whose pallor and thinness seem to say, 'I am conquered by the era, like all my breed. I am dying, bu… Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
“ Never would I have a man saying what or who were best for me, and that were all there were to it. A.C. Gaughen
“ A woman who spends her time worrying about pregnancy is a virtual cripple, she'll never go very far. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“ It's in our genetics. It's why women are the master species. We give birth and we can walk in heels. Jaci Burton
“ The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtu… Christine de Pizan
“ She was a beautiful woman, fresh-scrubbed and wholesome. Just like his ex-fiancee. A heartless floozy in disguise. Peggy Webb
“ The participation if women in some armies in the world is in reality only symbolic. The talk about the role of Zionist women in fighting with the combat units of the enemy in the war of 5 June 1967 wa… Saddam Hussein
“ I'm a woman; in so many ways I've been programmed to please. I took the job and spent time hunkered over figures, budgets, charts, and fiscal-year projections. I tried, but I hated it."Working at a jo… Kathleen Flinn
“ Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough prominence and respect to women. Michael Coren
“ My grandmother and my two aunts were an exhibition in resilience and resourcefulness and black womanhood. They rarely talked about the unfairness of the world with the words that I use now with my soc… Janet Mock
“ Women were gravitating towards him from all directions like a planetary orbit.(Zoe on meeting Justus) Dannika Dark
“ But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God? Julian of Norwich
“ Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. A… Moderata Fonte
“ You know what it's like," said Storm, "when you want to--just--pour a woman into a glass and--just-drink her--just drink her down, one gulp, body and soul? Andrew Klavan
“ So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that end… N.H. Kleinbaum
“ I call [fourth-wave feminism] fainting–couch feminism, a la the delicate Victorian ladies who retreated to an elegant chaise when overcome with emotion. As an equality feminist from the 1970s, I am di… Christina Hoff Sommers
“ [F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I assure you for my own part hath hitherto best contented myself and I trust hath be… Elizabeth I
