D. H. Lawrence Quotes

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Beguiling voices in the world cry out for 'alternative lifestyles' for women. They maintain that some women are better suited for careers than for marriage and motherhood.

Women today have the keys to the doors which have been barred against them and they will open them without asking consent.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

For me, a feminist is a self-empowered woman who strives to move things forward for not only women but also men in terms of freedom and liberation.

A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, A woman's function plainly is... to talk. Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed!

To transform the world women need to strive for authenticity.

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Women are sacred.

I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood.

My dream is to save women from nature.

According to my mother, my wife and my daughter, this world would be a lot better off with women running things.

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

Let us first obtain ourselves…Give us ourselves and all that belongs to us will follow.

Women will take their places beside men as partners, unafraid, useful, successful, and free