Women were real box office stars in the ’40s, more so than men. People loved to see women’s films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system. – Gwyneth Paltrow
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. – Grover Cleveland
Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace – all we need is a fighting chance. – Hillary Clinton
To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that’s all I would be remembered for. – Helen Reddy
When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. – Harriet Ann Jacobs
Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing. – Helen Fisher
Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men… don’t band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a public-cascade way as in a house-to-house way. – Hanna Rosin
I’m lucky. I’ve worked with extremely talented women who won’t sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better. – Heather Burns
For women in, say, Alabama, ‘feminism’ is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don’t think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are. – Hanna Rosin
42% of our management team are women. So we’ve reset the goal to 50% by 2017. Because that’s when Westpac becomes 200 years old as an institution – the oldest bank, and indeed the oldest company in Australia. So that’s a lovely point to reflect on. – Gail Kelly
To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, ‘Oh well, that’s for women’. – Holly Near
Because women have been marginalised, they’re more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don’t think a happy ending comes from matriarchy. – Hanna Rosin
Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children. – Ho Chi Minh
The difference between a 20-something and a 30-something man? Wisdom. At 20 years old, we don’t really get how sensitive and beautiful women are. By 30, we’re finally starting to learn. – Gilles Marini
When I got to be a CEO, I said: ‘Right. I’m now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I’m going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.’ – Gail Kelly
I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That’s one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader. – Harriet Harman
In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them. – Gordon Taylor
It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided. – Hillary Clinton
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again. – Helen Fisher
Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people’s views into account, allow you to be successful. – Hanna Rosin
Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can’t be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time. – Helen Rowland
I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me. – Hedy Lamarr
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. – Henri Frederic Amiel
I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I’m really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that. – Halle Berry