E. M. Forster Quotes

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.

The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.

I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married

K--: 'When they say "I am my own person," "I do not need a man," "I am responsible for my own sexuality," they are actually telling you just what they want you to make them forget.

I'm a strong woman.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist.

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

I was a me-ist. I believed in the right to do whatever I wanted to do regardless of gender. Still do.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

I've always wanted to be independent and answer for myself. That probably is the part of me I would class to be feminist. I'd like to have children; marriage I have a bit of an issue with.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

I was never going to be one of those women who put their career on hold, who put their hand out to their husband to ask permission. I used to think that was the worst.

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

I'm an independent woman and a feminist.

When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being.