This week’s quotes were taken from a book called “Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots”, compiled by Autumn Stephens. Just one of the old books we managed to dig up after a very thorough house cleaning.

“Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.”
- Rita Mae Brown, writer

“I’m everything you were afraid your little girl would grow up to be - and your little boy.”
- Bette Midler, actress and singer

“Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.”
- Margaret Mead, anthropologist

“Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
- Virginia Woolf, writer

“The people I’m furious with are the women’s liberationists. They keep getting up on soap boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. It’s true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket.”
- Anita Loos, screenwriter

“People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.”
- Rebecca West, writer

“It’s a good thing that I was born a woman, or I’d have been a drag queen.”
- Dolly Parton, country singer

“Taking joy in life is a woman’s best cosmetic.”
- Rosalind Russell, actress

“Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
- Hedy Lamarr, scientist and actress

“A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap.”
- Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada

“People say to me, ‘You’re not very feminine.’ Well, they can suck my dick.”
- Roseanne, comedian

“I’m just a person trapped inside a woman’s body.”
- Elayne Boosler, comedian

“If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.”
- Billie Jean King, tennis champion

Stay tuned for more quotes next week!