#woman

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#beauty #charm #interesting-quotes #woman #beauty

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#deeply #look #love #many #men

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#bend #bent #destiny #everything #having

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. ↗

— Josh Billings

#general #good #pants #right #she

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. ↗

— Josh Billings

#ever #find #happiness #her #hunting

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. ↗

— Josh Billings

#influence #powerful #she #something #wants

I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she was a council woman. She went to work. She wasn't a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job. ↗

— Barbara Billingsley

#cleaver #council #did #got #grandma

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#broken #caresses #complete #demands #kind

The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#being #best #best part #business #ethical

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#because #become #best #different #europe