The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity. – Sargent Shriver
I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. – Jeanette Winterson
All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations. – Marge Piercy
Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find in themselves, men have concluded that there are none there at all. – Havelock Ellis
Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women. – Camille Paglia
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. – Bell Hooks
The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness. – Oscar de la Renta
Women would rather be right than reasonable. – Ogden Nash
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form. – Gloria Steinem
Most women are not as young as they are painted. – Max Beerbohm
It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more. – Bela Lugosi
Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy. – Larry David
We are seeing a great awakening. A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us – a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of the unlimited potential of free men and free women. – Ted Cruz
The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women. – Jose Marti
And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart. – Leonard Cohen
Basically, women have to prove they are strong at all times. And then when they go on the attack, they have to not appear mean because those women often get the label of being catty. – Julie Nixon Eisenhower
If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare. – Gloria Steinem
In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. – Audre Lorde
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. – Audre Lorde
I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important. – Madeleine Albright
