Thoughts From Women About Being a Woman

• The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. ( Helen Hayes (at 73)
• I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.  (Janette Barber)
• Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse. (Lily Tomlin)
• A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car. (Carrie Snow)
• Old age ain't no place for sissies. (Bette Davis)
• If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. (Catherine Aird)
• A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't. (Rhonda Hansome)
• The phrase "working mother" is redundant. (Jane Sellman)
• Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. (Charlotte Whitton)
• Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. (Caryn Leschen)
• Whoever thought up the word "Mammogram"?  Every time I hear it, I think I'm supposed to put my breast in an envelope and send it to someone. (Jan King)
• I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. (Jennifer Unlimited)
• When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called ME slow!* (Kathy Buckley)
• I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb and I'm also not blonde. (Dolly Parton)
• You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. (Erica Jong)
• If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them. (Sue Grafton)
• Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends. (Laurie Kuslansky)
• I think - therefore I'm single. (Lizz Winstead)
• You know the hardest thing about having cerebral palsy and being a woman? It's plucking your eyebrows. That's how I originally got pierced ears. (Geri Jewell)
• When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. (Elayne Boosler)
• Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. (Maryon Pearson)
• In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man - if you want anything done, ask a woman. (Margaret Thatcher)
• I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. (Gloria Steinem)
• I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home who answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late every night. (Marie Corelli)
• If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a noose around your neck? (Linda Ellerbee)
• Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Tough Law

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution. His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed.
As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him about, "What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been? Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it."  And on and on and on.
Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs.
While he was in the bath, the phone rang. The wife answered and was told that her husband's client, James Edward Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all.
Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news.
As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.
"They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said.
He whirled around and screamed, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?"

Discussing Finances

A couple was having a discussion about family finances. Finally the husband exploded, "If it weren't for my money, the house wouldn't be here!" The wife replied, "My dear, if it weren't for your money I wouldn't be here."