Famous Quotes

"To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women."

Angela Davis on Women

More quotes about Women

• "A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Women

• "I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

  Marilyn Monroe on Women

• "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Women

• "The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Women

• "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

  John Lennon on Women

More quotes by Angela Davis

• "Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty."

• "We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

• "Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education."

• "We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

• "My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom."