Quotes on Women

Endless data show that diverse teams make better decisions. We are building products that people with very diverse backgrounds use, and I think we all want our company makeup to reflect the makeup of the people who use our products. That's not true of any industry really, and we have a long way to go.

For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you in the face every day.

To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.

As long as you are in that white privilege bubble, you don't need to see the world differently. You don't need to see the world through the eyes of minorities or women.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.

Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.

When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.

When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.

Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.