Woman Quotes

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!

Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that vulnerability comes strength.

Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.