When I was seeking the best possible quote for my Pinup profile, I found a lot of quotes by women that I found appealing. I thought I'd share a few of them. Some tickled my funny bone, and some I thought very apt and on target. All I truly enjoyed.
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. ~Author Unknown
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~Oprah Winfrey
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. ~Charlotte Whitton
Curve: The loveliest distance between two points. ~Mae West
The people I'm furious with are the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket. ~Anita Loos
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. ~Anaïs Nin
I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament. ~Alanis Morissette
Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. ~Lois Wyse
Most women are one man away from welfare. ~Gloria Steinem
A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright. ~Lucille Ball
It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. ~Claudette Colbert
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank
I am beautiful as I am. I am the shape that was gifted. My breasts are no longer perky and upright like when I was a teenager. My hips are wider than that of a fashion model's. For this I am glad, for these are the signs of a life lived. ~Cindy Olsen
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. ~Katharine Hepburn
No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor. ~Betty Friedan
I think, therefore I'm single. ~Lizz Winstead
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. ~Virginia Woolf
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? ~Joan Baez (who I met once)
Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. ~Nancy Linn-Desmond
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. ~Lucille Ball
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~Maya Angelou
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on a woman. —Nancy Astor
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. ~Gloria Steinem
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. ~Maya Angelou
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. ~Gloria Steinem
Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be. ~Betty Rollin
