“ Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ”
“ I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. ”
“ A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. ”
“ Well-behaved women seldom make history. ”
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich , Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
“ Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men. ”
“ I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ”
“ Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ”
“ I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”
“ I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. ”
“ You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation. ”
“ Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. ”
“ When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch. ”
“ Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with. ”
“ I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ”
“ A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it. ”
“ There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ”
“ It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ”
“ No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it. ”
“ In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. ”
“ Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget. ”
“ I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. ”
“ Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men. ”
“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”
“ A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. ”
Coco Chanel , The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman
“ I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience. ”
“ As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. ”
“ Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. ”
“ Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. ”
“ The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy. ”
“ She's strong! And scary...I bet she's single...I'd put money on it.. ”
“ I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate. ”
“ I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother. ”
“ What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now.
You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank.
Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term mangina.
Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up. ”
“ A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. ”
“ In youth, it was a way I had,
To do my best to please.
And change, with every passing lad
To suit his theories.
But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you. ”
Dorothy Parker or Irma Rombauer , The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
