Best 239 quotes in «feminine quotes» category

A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don't feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I'd love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I'm not one of the boys.

A man of fine perceptions is more truly feminine than a merely sentimental woman.

And all the women are feminine, so we never get to see masculine presenting women and we never get to frame that as beautiful, which it is, and that's incredibly frustrating, so for every gain or benefit that the internet offers there is a liability.

A woman beautiful facially can negate all her beauty by no longer being feminine.

... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation.

Because, Cat, it’s the feminine persuasion that’s always the deadliest.

Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women.

As a feminine cocreator, having lived through the arc of evolution from 1929 to the present, I offer encouragement and vocational arousal to all!

As a result of the feminist revolution, feminine becomes an abusive epithet.

As a woman, you're not limited to being one thing or the other. You can be feminine and sexy and beautiful and hot and funny.

Fear. People are afraid of talking about their fears and insecurities. They're afraid of expressing emotion beyond anger, dominance, or power, and they're afraid of getting in touch with their feminine side.

Enlightenment comes through the feminine side of the being.

Every woman knows the power of the sacred feminine.

Feminine power isn't something we go out and acquire; it's already within us. It's something we become willing to experience. Something to admit we have

Grace is a feminine quality.

Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.

I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.

A truly feminine woman should always retain a little air of mystery.

I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.

I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.

I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.

I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values.

I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.

I love working with women - I love women - and we need more women directors. We need more feminine sensibilities in movies.

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.

I'm often accused of 'going too far,' but I recognize that behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to evade the 'feminine' stereotype: 'You say women are afraid of mice? I'll show you! I'll eat the mouse!

In Virgil's account of the good housewife, who rises early in order to measure out the work of the household, and in Solomon's description of the thrifty woman of his time, one sees the value set upon feminine industry and economy in times far removed from our own.

For a while, I just thought that I wanted to be an illustrator because that's all I wanted to do. I also did some sculpting. It was always very artsy and very feminine, everything that I did.

If someone says tennis is not feminine, I say screw it.

If there were a ritual dance of the androgyne, Tai chi as performed by this master could be that dance. It is neither a masculine dance nor a feminine dance. It has the strength and grace of both.

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

If you're not comfortable with a strong woman you're not comfortable with your own feminine instincts. You're not comfortable, period. You're going to be threatened by everything that's not exactly like you are ... and that is the measure any man.

I grew up around a lot of feminine energy.

I guess I am a feminist of sorts. I love women so much, and I celebrate the feminine in me because I appreciate it so much.

I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy.

I'll be needing a bridesmaid',she said.'A tall one. That way, I'll look more petite and feminine.

I love the idea of the vignette, which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?

It is harder to be a lifter than a bodybuilder...lifting is purely masculine whereas bodybuilding entails feminine traits. Bodybuilding reminds me of a woman getting ready to go somewhere. Can you tell me that greasing your body up and posing in front of a mirror is masculine? A bodybuilder puts strength secondary to his physique, whereas the lifter puts strength foremost because it is more masculine to do so.

It is interesting to note that in every phase of life feminine masochism finds some form of expression.

It is the loss of the feminine counterpart of God that causes the wound that never heals.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

It's not okay for a woman to be in control of her own body, her own reproductive system, much less of her life. There's opposition even to that. So passivity is rewarded as feminine.

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.

I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

...I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do.

I've never met a woman ever, anywhere, bar none, that was more feminine than Dixie Carter.

It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code.

I was very compelled by a woman who would choose this profession. She [Maura Isles] came from a very highly-educated, wealthy background and could have chosen to do a lot of other things, and has this uber-feminine, modern woman mentality, but works this job.