Best 5610 quotes in «women quotes» category

You'd be amazed at how much power women have over men - and the basic control is nagging... Men are very simple creatures, like puppies.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts.

You have developed the second attention much more than you realize and you use it more than you realize as a woman. That's why I feel women can attain enlightenment more easily than men.

you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to steer, but the craft is some one else's, and the haul too.

You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils--censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic--the women in Scotland have twice--thrice their freedom, with all their virtue--and are very conversable and agreeable--their educations are more finished.

You have only one life to live, so live it without worrying about what others may think.

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.

You just can't be good in bed anymore. You have to be good at the keyboard too.

You know, a dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.

You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?

You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.

You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on.

You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it's easy. I work long hours.

You know there's only two things more beautiful than a good gun--a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.

You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.

You know, women always could endure more than men. Not only physically, but mentally - did you ever get a peek at some of the husbands?

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.

You must ban together with other women of like mind and for the first time find fellowship, womanship, without the need to compete, without having to climb to the top over each other.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realize you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot.

You're not too fat. You're not too loud. You're not too smart. You're not unladylike. There is nothing wrong with you.

Your anatomy is a mystery that nobody bothers explaining to us. Even when we think we have mastered one woman's body, every body is different.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

You're going to women? Don't forget your whip!

Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.

Your job in life is to look after yourself and to find ways to get what you need - emotionally and otherwise - so that you live your best possible life, without being mired in anger and hurt over the past.

You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

Your women of honor, as you call 'em , are only chary of their reputations, not their persons, and 'tis scandal they would avoid, not men.

You should choose organisations that are going to be flexible and supportive and recognise people are going through different stages in their careers and actually need different sorts of support.

You should do what you want, but I think you should also consider wanting something different.

You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.

You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.

You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.

You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs.All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping.

You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while.

27. So often, we go through our battles in private. As it was with me and with many of the women in my generation. We were taught and reared and molded to keep that stiff upper lip and to never explain in public how deeply some people have hurt us. I cannot get away from that mold. I am comfortable in it. I derive my sanity from it.

A black woman making art is a disruptive act. Every story that I tell as a woman is a political act, even if I want to tell a 'silly love story.' The fact it exists through my gaze is radical.

A bad driving and not even trying!

ABDOMEN, n. [1.] The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way, but true reverence for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous. [2.] A shrine enclosing the object.

A 65 year old woman questioning herself is no different than a 15 year old girl launching herself.