Quotes about women

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her.

George Bernard Shaw

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

John Lennon

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren’t routine, often don’t get a fair break… It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs, which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.

Amelia Earhart

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

Dolly Parton

Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

Marilyn Monroe

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

Theodore Roosevelt

Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.

George Eliot

Don’t wait for the good woman. She doesn’t exist. There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd.

Charles Bukowski

Always, every now and then, I had given her a hard time, just to keep her in line. Every once in a while a woman seems to need, in fact wants this too.

Malcolm X

The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.

Malcolm X