Margaret Mitchell Quotes

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.

Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

Women rule our lives, don't they?

Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.

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.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

For 150 years a woman was regarded as some kind of prostitute if she wanted to go into business….Young girls were supposed to have their focus on motherhood and babies.

It's really hard for a lot of men to have the woman accomplishing more than them.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.

We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power.

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

I think when it comes to women who write or who fancy ourselves 'hip downtown literati', there is a certain contempt for being overly sexual or really looking for boyfriends. We tend to be marginalized as some 'Sex & The City' Carrie Bradshaw chick-lit dummies who just want shoes and a ring.

Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.

Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned.

Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable.