#women

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demand #esteem #exist #first #love

Women like silent men. They think they're listening. ↗

— Marcel Achard

#listening #men #silent #think #women

When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#battles #beginning #british #came #century

In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks. ↗

— Scott Adams

#around #best #best way #better #buy

Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. ↗

— Jane Addams

#apply #become #changed #conditions #entangled

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. ↗

— Scott Adams

#argue #battles #candy #cents #dinner

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#today #tomorrow #women

I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it. ↗

— Joan Allen

#amount #fair #feel #however #i

I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good. ↗

— Joan Allen

#cast #films #good #i #i think

I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys. ↗

— Krista Allen

#i #i love #inner #just #know