Although the many virtues that courtesans possessed were employed to defy circumstances, the role they played depended on the same circumstances over which they triumphed- conditions which to, fortunately for modern women, no longer exist.
Modern women. . . they don't sew your pockets. . . forget that.
As a modern woman, there are things I take for granted, and that shows up in the way I sit, the way I walk, the way I think, and what I know to be possible.
A modern Woman is not necessarily. . . s omeone who just buys expensive stuff. . . . . . a modern Woman is someone who buys intelligently.
the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life?
I'm not white-picket-fence perfect.
The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before, no woman was ever liberated until her time, no woman really ever amounted to anything.
What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.
The new Ann Taylor is for modern women who want to take on the world in style.
I was very compelled by a woman who would choose this profession. She [Maura Isles] came from a very highly-educated, wealthy background and could have chosen to do a lot of other things, and has this uber-feminine, modern woman mentality, but works this job.
The problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger than you are.
The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.
Modern women - we're very good at keeping ourselves busy. There are PTA meetings, exercising, bake sales at school. I like that my life is not the same every day.
Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.
