• "The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies." - Gro Harlem Brundtland Tweet
• "Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously." - Alanis Morissette Tweet
• "The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality." - Ashley Montagu Tweet
• "Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive." - Theresa May Tweet
• "I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere." - James Thurber Tweet
• "Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." - Garrison Keillor Tweet
• "If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious." - Alphonse Karr Tweet
• "Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings." - Lord Chesterfield Tweet
• "I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out." - Robin Williams Tweet
• "It's so hard for women in this business. And I want to be doing this when I'm 50." - Sienna Miller Tweet