Subject: People » Women

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

The trouble with Ian [Fleming] is that he gets off with women because he can’t get on with them.

(1901 – 1990) British novelist

Pretty women make us buy beer… ugly women make us drink beer.

(1946 – ) American actor

If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle; you don’t have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.

(1939 – ) English playwright

I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling… the rest I spend foolishly.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: ‘This looks much better on.’… On what?… On fire?

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at taking orders.


I'll tell you why — because, in the unlikely event that we're both on the Titanic and it starts to sink, for some reason, you get to leave with the kids and I have to stay — that's why I get the dollar more an hour.

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian

Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer; they weren’t… they weren’t even one of the questions.

(1946 – ) English writer

A woman will lie about anything, just to stay in practice.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter

Men can say things in stores women can't believe like, "but I already have a pair of black pants.”

(1952 – ) comedian

I’m a member of the weeper sex.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

There is no such thing as an unattached woman.

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature; and another woman to help him forget them.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

A woman is like a cup of tea; you'll never know how strong she is until she boils.

If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial; if she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

At their core, women fear that men will kill them; at their core, men fear that women will laugh at them.

(1954 – ) security specialist, advisor & author

Women: Can't live with 'em – can't live with 'em.

I have an idea that the phrase ‘weaker sex’ was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet