“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”— Chimamanda Adichie, thoughtcatalog.com
“The people I’m furious with are the women’s liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That’s true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket.”— Anita Loos, thoughtcatalog.com
“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”— Natalie Portman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.”— Ambrose Bierce, thoughtcatalog.com
“Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?”— Barbara Streisand, thoughtcatalog.com
“The rest of us have never embraced your victim mentality; we are not victims. We are people, the same way that men are. We are equal, yet different. We, unlike you, realize that is not mutually exclusive.”— Lori Ziganto, thoughtcatalog.com
“But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.”— Miriam Toews, thoughtcatalog.com
“When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.”— Sally Klempton, thoughtcatalog.com
“How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.”— Sue Monk Kidd, thoughtcatalog.com
“The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.”— Vanessa Carlton, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”— Simone de Beauvoir, thoughtcatalog.com
“There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That’s their problem. It’s not mine.”— Gloria Allred, thoughtcatalog.com
“People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.”— Rebecca West, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”— Madonna, thoughtcatalog.com
“It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can’t.”— Carol K. Carr, thoughtcatalog.com
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”— Charlotte Whitton, thoughtcatalog.com
“There’s nothing a man can do, that I can’t do better and in heels.”— Ginger Rogers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.”— Hedy Lamarr, thoughtcatalog.com
“A high-quality man who knows what he wants will NOT settle for just any woman to build a meaningful relationship with. Men like this want a woman who exudes high character. And though she may be beautiful on the outside, he expects her inner worth to be far superior to the women around her.”— Bruce Bryans, amazon.com
“The faster a man trusts you on a subconscious level, the faster he'll be able to let himself go completely and fall in love with you.”— Bruce Bryans, amazon.com