If a woman gets nervous, she'll eat or go shopping. A man will attack a country — it's a whole other way of thinking.

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

—Elayne Boosler

Peacekeeper missile." Doesn't that sound like "ax-murderer baby sitter"?

—Elayne Boosler

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

—Elayne Boosler

A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life.

—Virginia Woolf

Male writers get asked what they think, women what they feel.

—Eleanor Catton

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

—Rudyard Kipling

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

—Bella Abzug

There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.

—Florynce Kennedy