Women Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about women.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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I grew up kissing books and bread. Since I kissed a woman, my activities with bread and books lost interest.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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Although women are not good at giving advice, sometimes we are right.

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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Women never measure sacrifices; neither their own, nor those of others.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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Typically, dream women are an optical illusion.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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The first person to compare a woman to a flower was a poet; the second, an imbecile.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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Women are like weather vanes: they only stand still when they rust.

Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese

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When we are young, we regret not having a woman, when we grow old, we regret not having the right woman.