Brigitte Bardot Quotes

Being a woman means everything to me.

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

I am a woman above everything else.

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.

I think, with my own daughters, rather than preaching a feminine agenda, I just really try to help them understand what it meant to be a woman in the late 20th century and the consciousness of how to be a woman in the 21st century: What is working for you and what is working against you.

I've been a feminist all my life, or at least as long as I've been conscious of being a woman.

Feminism has nothing at all to do with being 'feminine.' Feminine means accentuating the womanly attributes that make women deliciously different from men. The feminine woman enjoys her right to be a woman. She has a positive outlook on life. She knows she is a person with her own identity and that she can seek fulfillment in the career of her choice, including that of traditional wife and mother.

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

A woman should be an illusion.

I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.

I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.

I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.

Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal.

A woman is a woman!

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.

It is possible to say that all of my books concern themselves with the notion of what it means to be female - whether it is in New York City in 2000 or Calcutta in 1836. In that way, my books really are the same.

My name is Paulina Porizkova, and I am a feminist.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

I've never wanted to be a woman playing a guy; I love being a woman.

Of course the female experience is different from those of our male peers - just like every woman's story is different from their fellow females.

All writers are battling and fighting as to how a woman should be characterised.

I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me.