Welcome to the Quotable Women Collection

Quotable Women, like BeMoreCreative.com, encourages thinking, working, and living more creatively. Creativity is "the power to connect the seemingly unconnected" (W. Plommer). To support this work, we earn a small affiliate commission. Please browse creatively!


Patricia McKillip: Those who fear...

Patricia McKillip: Those who fear...

Those who fear the imagination condemn it: something childish, they say, something monsterish, misbegotten. Not all of...

More about this quote

George Eliot: A supreme love,...

George Eliot: A supreme love,...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the...

More about this quote

Jane Austen: If there is...

Jane Austen: If there is...

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Source:...

More about this quote

Mary McCarthy: We all live...

Mary McCarthy: We all live...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own...

More about this quote

M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

People ask me: Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power...

More about this quote

Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

Joyce Brothers: An individual's self-concept...

An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to...

More about this quote

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to...

More about this quote

Pearl Buck: The young do...

Pearl Buck: The young do...

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after...

More about this quote

Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out...

More about this quote

Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

More about this quote

Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a...

More about this quote

Ruth Benedict: The adequate study...

Ruth Benedict: The adequate study...

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only...

More about this quote

Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be...

More about this quote

Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

I don't believe man is woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

Source:
--...

More about this quote

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

We're still not where we're going but we're still not where we were.

Source:
--...

More about this quote

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

More about this quote

Irene Peter: To make crime...

Irene Peter: To make crime...

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

Source: In Webster's...

More about this quote

Naomi Wolf: The beauty myth...

Naomi Wolf: The beauty myth...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the...

More about this quote

Belva Lockwood: If nations could...

Belva Lockwood: If nations could...

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the...

More about this quote

Helen Rowland: It is easier...

Helen Rowland: It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

More about this quote

Page 281 of 329


(C)2026 Quotable Women - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Women
Harrisonburg, VA