“ There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle fo… Richard Pryor
“ Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis D. Brandeis
“ You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman. Lisa See
“ Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years - I was not rescued by a prince;… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling. Honore de Balzac
“ Where women are honored, the divinities are pleased. Where they are despised, it is useless to pray to God. Victor Hugo
“ The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored. Ina May Gaskin
“ Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his… Zora Neale Hurston
“ Pelagia put her hands on her hips, taking advantage of the superiority implicit in the fact that she was standing and he lying down. Louis de Bernieres
“ It's odd how fast a beautiful woman can turn a guy's mind into lint storage. Just by being a beautiful woman. Dennis Lehane
“ I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among… Elisabeth Elliot
“ According to my rule, you can find in every woman something - damn it! - something extraordinarily interesting, something you won't find in any other woman. Only you must know how to find it - that's… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundr… Charles M. Blow
“ Women were very, very good at 'Pong'. It was part of the dating scene. The number of people who told me they met their wife or husband playing 'Pong' was huge. They were shoulder to shoulder, talking… Nolan Bushnell
“ American women are so fortunate. When I got married, all I wanted in the world was a dryer so I didn't have to hang up my diapers. And now women have paper diapers and all sorts of conveniences in the… Phyllis Schlafly
“ The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extra… Natalie Dormer
“ For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women. Adam Grant
“ While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous and wearing it might be, the will of the younger generation for a plea… Ellen Key
