John Banville Quotes

I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'

Equity knows no difference of sex. In its vocabulary the word man must be understood in a generic, and not in a specific sense

Many people say, 'Your dad was so ahead of his time,' and he was a feminist in the truest sense, but he's very much for opportunities for all people... To him, a soccer player is a soccer player.

My vision is a Malawi where men and women live in peace and in harmony as equals enjoying their human rights.

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations.

All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal.

The world of humanity is possessed of two wings, the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly

What I want is a world where neither gender nor sex are destiny. Where no child is ever told there's anything they can't do, or must do, 'because you're a boy' or 'because you're a girl.' It's not a world where anything is 'taken' from anyone - it's one where everyone's possibilities are enlarged.

I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.

Women are equal because they are not different any more.

I’m neither ‘pro-women’ nor ‘anti-men’. I’m just ‘Thumbs up for the six billion

Women and men are equal human beings.

I don't buy this premise that the number of minifigures needs to be an equal amount to be gender neutral. Nobody makes artistic products like that; nobody makes a movie and says there has to be equal numbers of men and women.

I deeply believe that men and women need each other.

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

Women don't need to have our own little corner of the church where we can feel precious or, alternatively, cranky. In every essential thing, as far as life in Christ is concerned, the differences between men and women are irrelevant.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.

A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.