A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A woman went to a plastic surgeon and asked him to make her like Bo Derek. He gave her a lobotomy.”
“A woman who acts as if she knows what she's doing gets what she wants.”
Source: The Marriage of Opposites
“A woman who acts like a fool is a fool.”
“A woman who attempts a public career must expect to be treated as public property: what would be an intrusion on a domiciled gentlewoman is a tribute to me.”
Source: The Hand Of Ethelberta
“A woman who can eat a real bruschetta is a woman you can love and who can love you. Someone who pushes the thing away because it's messy is never going to cackle at you toothlessly across the living room of your retirement cottage or drag you back from your sixth heart attack by sheer furious affection. Never happen. You need a woman who isn't afraid of a faceful of olive oil for that.”
Source: The Gone-Away World
“A woman who can handle a dog is pretty damn cool. If she can take care of such a demanding creature, most likely she can take pretty good care of herself.”
Source: The Secret of Life: Commonsense Advice for the Uncommon Woman
“A woman who can love that deep, who’s got that kinda steel in her spine, the man who gets it, it’ll feel good to earn that love, keep it and have it. But he’ll have to understand what makes her and that he’ll have a lifetime of puttin’ out fires, dealin’ with emotional fallout, and proppin’ her up when the loads she takes on get too heavy.”
Source: Free
“A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.”
“A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.”
“A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.”
Source: Dicta and Contradicta
“A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.”
“A woman, who considers herself to be mature, has every right to insist certain respectful expectations be met by a man, but not if her behavior is consistently childish, selfish, foolish or disrespectful. Man and woman should strive to bring values to the table that are worthy of mutual honor. Mature men won't tolerate nonsense, but baby-boys will.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve many charms if it were not too often combined with parental and conjugal anger. There remains in the face of women who are naturally serene and peaceful, and of those rendered so by religion, an after-spring, and later an after-summer, the reflex of their most beautiful bloom.”
“A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.”
“A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible amongst us.”
“A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.”
“A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.”
“A woman who does not guard and treasure herself cannot be of very much value to anyone else.”
Source: The Deep Blue Good-By
“A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.”
“A woman who doesn't need anyone is the most dangerous person in the room.”
“A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.”
“A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.”
Source: Dame Agatha abroad
“A woman who enjoys her own company, who does not mind eating alone at restaurants or going dancing by herself, who does not need to make her hair perfect or put on any makeup, is a woman with a lot of stories…”
“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.”
“A woman who feels sensual will always be the best version of herself.”
“A woman who feels ugly can go to the best party and have a terrible time, but a woman who likes the way she looks can go to a funeral and have a marvellous time.”
“A woman who finds her confidence in Christ has a beauty the world can’t touch”
Source: Fit God's Way: Your Bible-Based Guide to Food, Fitness, and Wholeness
“A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.”
Source: The Sayings of Lord Byron
“A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble. However, a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble.”
Source: The Name of the Wind
“A woman who had fallen out of love with her life”
Source: Interpreter of Maladies
“A woman who has been broken and has rise from the ashes carries a strength that no force can match.”
“A woman who has experienced rape or sexual harassment in childhood or adulthood, who knows about the rape and murder of women from the media, who has seen the sexual values of men portrayed in their pornography and on billboards, has a difficult choice in the area of sex with men. She can choose to treat her man as being quite different from other men and as being in no way implicated in men's sexual violence. This is not easy and requires an awkward split in her mind. She is still unlikely to escape having her sexual and emotional responses affected by her experience and knowledge.”
Source: Anticlimax: a feminist perspective on the sexual revolution
“A woman who has found her match with respect to depth of soul and who has quenched her thirst with her children is no different than the women of Paradise, and the home structured around such a person is no different than the gardens of Paradise. And it is no wonder that her children, who grow up savoring affection in the shelter of this paradise, will be no different than heavenly beings. Indeed those who are fortunate enough to be raised in such an atmosphere of affection will live in state of otherworldy joy as if they have been exalted to the heavens, inspiring high spirits all around through their smiles.”
Source: Speech and Power of Expression
“A woman who has no way of expressing herself and realizing herself as a full human has nothing else to turn to but the owning of material things.”
Source: Enriqueta Vasquez And the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito Del Norte (Hispanic Civil Rights)
“A woman who has stopped loving begins to drift away, first with her respect, then with her loyalty, and finally with her peace.”
“A woman who has style doesn't necessarily need designers - designer wear. A woman who has style can put on any frock or dress or pant or whatever and still bring something to it.”
“A woman who has truly awakened to her sensuality recognizes that she requires a more sophisticated presence. She is not average, after all.”
“A woman who holds her head up too high, is trying to breathe from her own pollution.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A woman who is art cannot be replicated. You cannot trace an image of her soul and make it your own. She runs deeper than the eye — she’s a feeling.”
“A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.”
“A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.”
“A woman who is fedup is a highly motivated one.”
“A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person”
Source: The Orator's Education: Books 3-5
“A woman who is insecure *probably* does not feel right about herself. (Internal problem). A woman who is intuitive *definitely* feels something is not right. (External awareness). Note the difference.”
Source: You Have a Superpower: Mindi Pi Meets Ava "Why Can't I Go Outside"
“A woman who is loved always has success.”
Source: Grand Hotel
“A woman who is not happy with herself can never be happy for someone else." -Toyi Ward”
Source: Par for the Curse
“A woman who is not in touch with her sensuality is still subjected to the limitations of the flesh. What this means is that she has the highest probability of getting played or abused, one way or another, I don’t care how good or religious she is.”
“A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a man, if you are surely that. . .”
Source: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son (Complete)
“A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful to his land and performs his work perfectly is superior to a king who cannot do his own work.”
Source: Eros and the Mysteries of Love: The Metaphysics of Sex
“A woman who is praying and a woman who is having fun, they both say " Oh My God", the only difference is how they pronounce it.”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS