Cody Simpson Quotes

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

I always found it bizarre or strange that there was this unwritten set of rules around how a woman could interact with a man in terms of starting a conversation. While a man traditionally is always expected to make the first move, he risks rejection in a real way.

What I expect from my male friends is that they are polite and clean. What I expect from my female friends is unconditional love, the ability to finish my sentences for me when I am sobbing, a complete and total willingness to pour their hearts out to me, and the ability to tell me why the meat thermometer isn't supposed to touch the bone.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for women. So we're expected to march in a straight line, and when we don't, all hell breaks loose.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.

A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.

I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high.

Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough.

Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.

People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A. - or America.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

Women aren't supposed to want stuff. They're not supposed to have high emotions.

Funny how defined we are by how we present ourselves to the world.

I went to an all-boys school, where I played rugby, so ballet wasn't the coolest thing to do.

Yes, some women are funny. No, some women aren't funny. It's similar to how some women are tall and, you know, some women are short.

There's so much judgment geared toward young girls. People just expect so much from girls. Even physically and aesthetically, people expect us to always look right, to have a certain etiquette - to talk a certain way and act a certain way - and to know certain things. It's all different expectations, but there are always expectations.

I have so many girlfriends who are powerhouses: They have big careers, are fearless in traveling in third-world countries or a launching non-profit. But they won't text a guy for fear of being perceived as desperate. That is broken.

I don't aspire to be a sex icon, I don't know why anyone would. It's an uncomfortable position to put yourself in... it's something that we all haven't really made our minds up about, and that's why we find it all so interesting.