Quotes About Women

Nobody is more capable of detecting eventual economic fluctuation than women, since they monitor the increases and decreases of their home's budgets.

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.

I can't speak for every woman, but my birth control is covered by my insurance, and if it weren't covered, it would cost $9 a month. I don't know a lot of women who can't afford $9 a month.

I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.

Some of my favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett, I love her. I love Zoe Saldana, and Julianne Moore is one of my favorites. I like women who choose diverse roles and have that strength, which I think all women have but some women embrace it, present it, and live in it.

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

Liberals are very much afraid of conservative women, and here's the reason why - more people agree with us. They want the government to have less control over their lives.

Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter.

In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

If our American women are going to work to put food on the table and pay for the mortgage, then we better make sure that they get put into jobs that pay well and that pay their worth. That's why I'm such a huge advocate about computing jobs, because those are the jobs.

The most beautiful women in the world, I find, are those who have inner confidence.

Obviously I want to support women, and I believe in women, and I think we should support each other, but we shouldn't go into extremes. Some women can get very aggressive towards men, but we need men and love men, so keeping the right balance is the most important thing.

My home life now is mostly women. They are better than us. They make me better.

Hugs are helpful, especially when women step out into a mostly male political world. Emotional support, at critical moments, enables women to stay in the race.

The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and she will have her own story to tell.

I don't think 'Motherhood' is a map for women. I would never say that it's a template for every woman in response to her biology.

I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.

I don't think enough women are being honest about motherhood.

I wanted to talk to a lot of women about their experiences along the path to motherhood - or along the path to not being a mother.

I just feel motherhood should be a happy stress-free period for all women.

One of the things that I share with most of the women in my circle is the gift of motherhood.

Women especially are often asked to choose between being a mother and being a leader. Without adequate policy support, too many women face not only financial barriers to balancing motherhood and leadership, but cultural stigmas too.

I never thought of myself as a role model, but I've had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.