Famous Quotes

"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them."

Maya Angelou 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 Maya Angelou

• "We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

• "Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

• "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

• "It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."

• "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."