Female Quotes - page 5

There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands... (Simon R. Green)
Cleopatra had one great advantage. She lived at a time when female sovereigns were not anomalies. And when women enjoyed rights they would not again enjoy for another 2,000 years. You could call them early feminists, if I may use a dirty word. View quote
Stacy Schiff
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact, the modern Western man enforces Immanuel Kant's nineteenth-century theories: To be beautiful, women have to appear childish and brainless. When a woman looks mature and self-assertive, or allows her hips to expand, she is condemned ugly. Thus, the walls of the European harem separate youthful beauty from ugly maturity. View quote
Fatema Mernissi
It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra. View quote
Helen Fielding
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men. View quote
Helen Fisher
Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture. View quote
Helen Fisher
But men are less used to the idea of being raped than women are, and it strikes them with a fresh horror. With women, that horror comes right along with the female genitals. View quote
Charlaine Harris
So who was she? (Vane) Why do you assume it was a female? (Fang) Didn't know you were fond of men. I'll file that under my special Fang folder. (Vane) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
I assure you he died screaming like a girl. (Daimon) Oh, I am so offended by that. What is the deal with that sexist statement? I'm a female and I don't scream. But I've killed many a male Daimon who did. (Danger) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer. View quote
Glen Cook
The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic premise, then you will never, ever, be able to write women well. (Greg Rucka)
An awful lot of female celebrities are very beautiful whereas a lot of male celebrities are not so hot. View quote
Graham Norton
I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice. View quote
Diane Lane
Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us. View quote
David Levithan
You are perfect for a female." "Not where I come from." "Then they're using the wrong standard. View quote
J.R. Ward
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. View quote
George Balanchine
How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters. View quote
Carol Vorderman
She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy. View quote
Kathy Reichs
Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. View quote
Kate Millett
I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when women talk about things. I'm all about female empowerment. There's a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There's a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It's OK to get real. View quote
Kelly Cutrone
I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult. (Ken Follett)
In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized. View quote
Clara Zetkin
I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors. View quote
Curtis Sittenfeld
I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls. View quote
L.J. Smith
Women don't have a sense of humor. They don't need one. The Almighty made them as a permanent joke on men. From which one may logically deduce tha the Almighty is a female. View quote
Loretta Chase