Famous Quotes

"No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility."

Simone de Beauvoir 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 Simone de Beauvoir

• "What is an adult? A child blown up by age."

• "It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time."

• "To catch a husband is an art to hold him is a job."

• "Art is an attempt to integrate evil."

• "Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay."