There isn’t a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it’s not there. – Helen Mirren
There are so many female roles – particularly for young women – that are just somebody’s girlfriend or somebody’s daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters. – Hannah Murray
This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he’s Frank and in Chicago he’s Ernest. – Henny Youngman
I can’t speak for all women, but I do think that… I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely… we’re in crisis on a continuous basis…or at least monthly, for sure, I don’t know. – Helen Slater
The first book I really loved was ‘Little Women’ – I’d have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember crying very much over her death, trying to make the words change just by staring at them. I loved ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ too; ‘What Katy Did;’ and ‘Peter Pan.’ – Helen Oyeyemi
Perhaps my problem in marriage – and it is the problem of many women – was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage. – Hedy Lamarr
I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women’s football in the States is a bit idyllic. – Hope Solo
I think I’m realising that careers for tennis players are very short. On the women’s side now, players are starting to peak later on, but the average age is about 31, 32 when you finish playing, so I want to make the most of it while I’m young, fit, and healthy. I don’t want to waste any time. – Heather Watson
As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men – vain, entitled, always looking for more. – Hanna Rosin
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can’t resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others. – Hanna Rosin
We were raised to pursue women… Most of the guys I know enjoy the pursuit. But that doesn’t mean women should be wallflowers. – Greg Behrendt
In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change. – Hillary Clinton
Nobody… took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me. – Gertrude B. Elion
The women’s movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women. – Helen Fisher
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope… But, as we got older and we saw how much women’s behaviour contributed to what was wrong, we stopped being able to see ourselves purely as. – Helen Garner
I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling. – Gina Torres
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It’s everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male readers, too, especially for the Civil War books. – Heather Graham Pozzessere
Women are very attracted to a low voice because it’s linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that men had very good spacial skills and would have been very good at hunting and finding their way back home. – Helen Fisher
Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they’re active and they talk about it. – Herbie Mann
Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard? – Harriet Harman
I think credibility is one of those things that, if you work hard and you get it by standing in the trenches and traveling the world, people realize you’re multi-faceted. Part of me is a serious journalist and I loved all of the stuff I did. And then there’s another part of me that likes to let go and I think a lot of women can relate to that. – Hoda Kotb
Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty. – Ian K. Smith
You’ve got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences. – Helen Fisher
I jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and it’s a great thrill and it allows me to share in the dangers that our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis. – Hugh Shelton
The things women find rewarding about work are, by and large, the same things that men find rewarding and include both the inherent nature of the work and the social relationships. – Grace Baruch
Women are no longer being defined by where they were born or their colour. That’s huge. – Hannah Simone