Famous Quotes

"Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one."

Gloria Steinem 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 Gloria Steinem

• "Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one."

• "It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate."

• "The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary."

• "If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?"

• "We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters."