WOMEN QUOTES XIII

quotations about women

For men have marble, women waxen, minds,
And therefore are they form'd as marble will;
The weak oppress'd, the impression of strange kinds
Is form'd in them by force, by fraud, or skill:
Then call them not the authors of their ill,
No more than wax shall be accounted evil
Wherein is stamp'd the semblance of a devil.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The Rape of Lucrece

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Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.

GELETT BURGESS

The Maxims of Methuselah


Never mix your women.

CHARLES EDWARD JERNINGHAM

The Maxims of Marmaduke

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Women have more fun because there's more things forbidden to them.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

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A woman you've endured such a gnawing desire for, you can't help bearing a little grudge against, when the ache is gone.

JOHN UPDIKE

Rabbit at Rest

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I need a real MAN--
so, I can be a Woman--
We are different for good reasons.
We need each other like puzzle pieces.
To inspire greatness in each other.

PAMELA ANDERSON

blog post, Pamela Anderson Foundation, April 4, 2017

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I call 'em complaining machines. Things are never right with a guy to them. And man, when you throw that hysteria in there ... forget it. I gotta get out, get in the car, and go. Anywhere. Get a cup of coffee somewhere. Anywhere. Anything but another woman. I guess they're just built different, right?

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Interview Magazine, September 1987

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Women are seldom silent. Their beauty is forever speaking for them.

PHILIP MOELLER

Helena's Husband

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Men are often like that. They grow bored with simple goodness and want a woman who is dangerous, a challenge.

SUSANNE ALLEYN

Game of Patience

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No one but a women can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart.

BRAM STOKER

Dracula

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There is an age old prejudice the world over to effect that women talk too much. But is this really a weakness? Could it not in fact be a strength? Recent scientific research on the human brain has revealed that women are better at verbal skills while men tend towards physical action. Psychological research has shown on the other hand that disinformation engendered by men has a far more damaging effect on its victims than feminine gossip. Surely these discoveries indicate that women have a most valuable contribution to make in situations of conflict, by leading the way to solutions based on dialogue rather than on viciousness or violence.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Keynote Address at NGO Forum on Women, Beijing China, August 31, 1995

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The really clever thing, in affairs of this sort, is not to win a woman already desired by everyone, but to discover such a prize while she is still unknown.

CESARE PAVESE

This Business of Living, October 7, 1940

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Be delicate, little wife-woman. Never be without your veil, without many veils. Veil yourself in a thousand veils, all shimmering and glittering with costly textures and precious jewels. Never let the last veil be drawn. Against the morrow array yourself with more veils, ever more veils, veils without end. Yet the many veils must not seem many. Each veil must seem the only one between you and your hungry lover who will have nothing less than all of you. Each time he must seem to get all, to tear aside the last veil that hides you. He must think so. It must not be so. Then there will be no satiety, for on the morrow he will find another last veil that has escaped him.

JACK LONDON

The Valley of the Moon

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It would take a hell of a wife to beat no wife at all.

CORMAC MCCARTHY

The Crossing

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You gotta respect a girl who realizes that romantic relationships are built on lies and goes to town with it!

PETE ABRAMS

"That Which Redeems", Sluggy Freelance, August 26, 2004

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When a hen cackles, she's either layin' or lyin'.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

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At some point in their career, it becomes obvious that women are more under-promoted than men are in the same field. There are many reasons as to why it happens and unfortunately, the result of this phenomenon actually perpetuates the problem. It's a cycle that's hard to break.

KAREN FRATTI

"Women Are More Under-Promoted Than Men & That's A Problem For Several Reasons", Romper, April 3, 2017


A woman is rarely up to date on the subject of her age.

ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES

Poems and Paragraphs


Sure, we can be heartless and refuse to express any sort of emotion. We can be stubborn as hell and scarily temperamental. We often refuse to admit when we're wrong, and we won't acknowledge it when we realize we are. We can be way too aggressive and abrupt. We feel the need to come off as tough, despite the fact that our hearts are made of gold. Aquarius women are a rare breed.

ELIZABETH CABALLERO

"8 Reasons Aquarius Women Are The Most Confident Partners In The Zodiac", Elite Daily, February 9, 2016


Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.

RICHARD GARNETT

De Flagello Myrtes

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