Welcome to Lady Quotes, a collection of insightful, empowering, and thought-provoking quotes by women from all walks of life. Throughout history, women have made significant contributions to society, politics, science, literature, and countless other fields. Their words have resonated with people around the world, inspiring change, challenging norms, and advocating for equality.
In this curated selection of quotes, you’ll find wisdom, wit, and inspiration from iconic female figures such as Maya Angelou, Malala Yousafzai, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Coco Chanel, and many more. Whether you’re seeking motivation, seeking solace, or simply looking for a fresh perspective, these quotes offer a glimpse into the diverse experiences and perspectives of women throughout history.
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My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. Chris Brown
All I want to do is be a gay icon. I was reading Lady Gaga’s twitter, because she has like 12 million followers, or something like that. I feel like she has fans, gay, straight, bi, who would throw themselves off a building for her. Mindy Kaling
Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. Margaret Thatcher
When I announced my focus on mental health as first lady of Georgia in 1971, none but five mental health advocates in the state wanted to be involved with the issue. Rosalynn Carter
The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine. Judy Horacek
I’m obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she’s the nicest person ever. Kylie Jenner
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. William Shakespeare
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. Prince Charles
I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing. Mae West
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen
I would love to read Lady Gaga and Tonya Harding. Tyler Henry
The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You’re not elected, but it’s very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office. Bellamy Young
Courtesy is a lady’s armor. Sophie Turner
If a man loves you… he’s willing to profess it. He’ll give you a title after a while. You’re going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancee, his wife, his baby’s mama, something. Steve Harvey
I am making myself less frequent in the Lady World than I have been. I must keep up my dignity, or rather, I must attend more to politics and less to love. Sam Houston
I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long. Shelley Winters
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. P. J. O’Rourke
Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell. Charles Bukowski
I like Kylie Minogue sometimes – I like a lot of unusual stuff… I don’t know – I like Justin Timberlake over Lady Gaga, just musically. Marilyn Manson
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I admire Lady Gaga. She wears exactly what she likes, no matter how good or bad it turns out. Katie Hopkins
Physically, no one would ever consider me for the serial-killer lady. Jennifer Coolidge
I ran five miles today. Then, finally, I said, ‘Here, lady… take your purse.’ Emo Philips
I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady. Janis Joplin
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. William Manchester
I asked the waiter, ‘Is this milk fresh?’ He said, ‘Lady, three hours ago it was grass.’ Phyllis Diller
A man’s man is respectful, he’s honorable, he’s loyal, he’s sensitive, he’s strong, he’s tough, he’s well-groomed, he has a sense of humor – and he takes care of himself and his lady. Frank Vincent
I’ve been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It’s very important to give back as a youth. It’s as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant. Queen Latifah
Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it. Richard M. Nixon
Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack. Evan Peters
The more you act like a lady, the more he’ll act like a gentleman. Sydney Biddle Barrows
When I’m performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I’m that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn’t wait to be smokin’ a cigarette, you know? Etta James
I’m not a meek lady who stays at home and cooks. Diane Hendricks
For me, I like to be a little bit tomboy but still look like a lady. Pretty tough. Or really, really, really pretty. Hailey Baldwin
Give the lady what she wants! Marshall Field
If you’re walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. Betty White
Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‘the book lady.’ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‘book lady’ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success. Dolly Parton
I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. Cesar Romero
Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there. Naomi Campbell
You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady. Frank Sinatra
Sometimes in a restaurant you’ll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something… a little fan is always a little bit nice. Tina Turner
That’s the most terrible thing about being an author – standing there at your mother’s funeral, but you don’t switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. Who was it said – one of the famous lady novelists – ‘unhappy is the family that contains an author’? Terry Pratchett
What would anyone want to write about me for? I’m just an old lady. Leonora Carrington
Whether someone wants to learn the words to a new Lady Gaga song they heard on the radio or to verify the lyrics to ‘Blinded by the Light’, the LyricWiki community delivers. Gil Penchina
The blood of the just will be demanded of London, burnt by fire in the year ’66. The ancient Lady will fall from her high place, and many of the same sect will be killed. Nostradamus
I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, ‘Baby, you don’t seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.’ Kid Rock
You can make the First Lady’s job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home. Rosalynn Carter
I don’t feel like me unless I have my hair shaved. So even when I’m an old lady, I’m going to have it. Sinead O’Connor
I want to be evil! I did play Lady Macbeth on stage to Alec Baldwin’s Macbeth back in New York in 1998. But I’ve played a lot of characters who are so righteous and understanding. I don’t want to be a goody-goody two-shoes all the time. Angela Bassett
I don’t have Twitter, but Lady Gaga tweeted at me – like, reposted an interview where I was fangirling – and wrote, ‘Katherine’ with a love heart. And I kind of freaked out a little bit. Katherine Langford
‘The Lady’s World’ should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women’s opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure. Oscar Wilde
I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman’s right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends. Belle Boyd
Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony. Cat Stevens
I’m gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color – it’s an old lady color. Amy Sedaris
This lady is not for turning. Margaret Thatcher
I am ashamed to run against a lady. It’s demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady. Ferdinand Marcos
Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We’re very different. I wouldn’t make that comparison at all, and I don’t mean to disrespect Madonna: she’s a nice lady, and she’s had a fantastic, huge career – biggest pop star of all time. Lady Gaga
Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows. Frederick Pollock
If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady! Mr. T
I wrote the script to ‘Lady Bird,’ and it really came out of a desire to make a project about home – like, what the meaning of home is, and place. I knew Sacramento very well, obviously, growing up there, and I felt like the right way to tell a story of a place was through a person who’s about to leave it. Greta Gerwig
Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have. Kit Williams
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description… You have to create it for yourself. Hillary Clinton
Being a ‘Lady’ used to be something to which all young women aspired. Martha MacCallum
My lady, my mama, my grandma, everybody think I’m crazy. Rod Wave
The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car. Lady Gaga
With Lady Antebellum, there’s always pressure. It’s hard for commerce not to rear its ugly head when you’re making decisions. Charles Kelley
I’ve never wanted to be a lady who lunches – I’ve always wanted to be a woman who works. Meghan Markle
One of the main secrets to staying young is staying healthy. I’ve sometimes had to suppress a smile when some young lady, who has obviously not taken care of herself through diet or exercise, says admiringly, ‘Ooh, I hope I look as good as you do when I’m your age!’ Although it’s intended to be complimentary, it’s actually a back-hander. Joan Collins
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person – her husband. Lady Bird Johnson
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. Jane Austen
If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs. Tina Fey
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. Jackie Kennedy
I’m not saying that hip-hop needs gay rappers or anything, but they need to stop being so close-minded because that will just cause the genre to fail. Look at pop. Pop doesn’t discriminate against people. Look at Lady Gaga, y’know what I mean? ASAP Rocky
I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music… I love big, American pop music. Florence Welch
Temptation is as old as time; or at least, the history of temptation extends as far back as the moment Eve gave Adam that serpent’s apple. But what sets the lady apart from the tramp is the ability to acknowledge she needs to clean up her act – and then, of course, the fact that she actually does clean up her act. Derek Blasberg
My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home. Smokey Robinson
Lady Luck is indifferent. She smiles sometimes, and she frowns sometimes. Lonnie Johnson
Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you’re at a dinner table, you’d most certainly take your hat off – cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise. Lyle Lovett
I’m being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly. Mason Cooley
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, ‘Here’s my note, and it’s an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.’ Kate Spade
Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. Adlai Stevenson I
The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can’t trip about that because I’ve been making movies for 35 years, and I’ve played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can’t be on here talking about, ‘They don’t give us enough roles’ and diversity. Eddie Murphy
For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher. Alexander Dubcek
I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage. Aretha Franklin
I’ve had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there’s a standing ovation. Flip Wilson
I used to have a pony but I outgrew it and I do dream that one day I will live in the country and have lots of horses and be like a proper English lady who goes hunting and everything. Georgia May Jagger
I’ve been a waitress for events, but a lady at the Victoria hotel in Yorkshire showed me how to do it properly. Vicky Krieps
I’d asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, ‘Well, what do you love most?’ That’s how I started painting money. Andy Warhol
One lady told me that before she saw ‘Sounder’ she didn’t believe black people could love each other, have deep relationships in the same way as white people. Cicely Tyson
My mother was an exuberant, silly lady. William Shatner
Don’t think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady! Madam C. J. Walker
I went to see Gerard Philipe and Jean Gabin in pictures. Gerard Philipe spoke beautiful French, while Jean Gabin spoke slang. And after a while I realized that when Gabin said, ‘What’s up, lady?’ it meant the same thing as when Philipe said, ‘Good evening, madam.’ Anna Karina
If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she’s the most boring singer in the world. Simon Cowell
Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out. William F. Buckley, Jr.
Go to the depot here, now, and what will you see? A well-dressed colored lady, with her little children by her side, whom she has brought up intelligently and with refinement, as much so as white children, comes to the cars, and where is she shown to? Into the smoking car, where men are cursing, swearing, spitting on the floor. Hiram Rhodes Revels
My whole point is like, well, if I’m the pop star, then it should be whatever I am. There’s, you know, room for Katy Perrys and Adeles and Rihannas and Lady Gagas and Ke$has and me and Pinks. I think what’s great about all of us is that we represent something different. Kelly Clarkson
Never dress down for the poor. They won’t respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars. Imelda Marcos
My nanna was an extraordinary lady, and a good old-fashioned cook. She’d just be pottering around, cooking dinner for 25 people on a wood-fired stove without a problem. John Torode
No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady. Keith Miller
Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it. Frank Muir
