Karl Kraus Quotes

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.

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 congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.

Men expect too much, do too little.

There are things you maybe could get by a male drill instructor that a female instructor absolutely is never going to let you get away with. Women are harder on women.

While the requirements of a good leader and a good man are similar, the requirements of a good leader and a good woman are mutually exclusive. A good leader must be tough, but a good woman must not be. A good woman must be self-deprecating, but a good leader must not be.

As a woman, this is one of these areas where you have to walk a fine line: the classic, 'Are you soft and squishy, and you hug everybody, and you're a cheerleader?' versus, 'Are you the hard-nosed you-know-what female dog?'

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.

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

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.

I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?

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 think feeling responsible for stuff that goes wrong is an inherent part of being female.

A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?' I don't see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works?

When I was younger, I felt very much like, 'Oh, I have to be a certain way, I have to look a certain way.' You really, really don't. That's the way women are treated differently than men. I mean, I've had actors argue with me about this.

I think reviewers are sexist... This isn't to sound bitter, but I think you're more likely to get a critical kicking if you're a woman. I just think that's a fact. I really think less value is put in general on women's voices, across the board.

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

Little girls as children, I think, are expected to behave better. If a boy's naughty at school, he's a little bit cheeky and mischievous. If a girl's naughty, she's trouble.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

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

Whenever anything went wrong at home, because I was the only boy, I would get blamed for it straight away. Girls stick together.

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