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Few Women Quotes

Being one of few, across very different industries.

This 'few women' quotes collection reflects on scarcity across industries, from filmmaking to Wall Street, and how being one of a small number shapes behavior and expectation. See our Business quotes for related career reflection.

Periodically, 'The New York Times' runs a business news story lamenting how few women still make it to the top in the Wall Street boys' club. Could it be that women are choosing to be conscientious objectors in these wars...

Quotes by Tina Brown

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

Quotes by Sharon Gless

My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.

Quotes by Shannon Purser

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.

Quotes by Sandra Bernhard

Ale Quotes

When I started, there very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like when I looked up I could say, 'Well, that's who...

Quotes by Ruth Porat

I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat...

Quotes by Padmasree Warrior

You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At the same time it's a blessing in the fact that you do get noticed. People tend to remember you as the only woman...

Quotes by Padmasree Warrior

I'm sure it's more difficult for women to make movies, especially because, in general, the kind of movies women want to make aren't necessarily going to be blockbusters. But you know, there are so few women in so many positions...

Quotes by Nicole Holofcener

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously.

Quotes by Nicola Sturgeon

Alone Quotes

Claude Cahun is a fascinating artist - one of the few women to be part of the surrealist movement, she and her partner Suzanne Malherbe took on men's names and made artworks that investigated female identity long before 'The Second...

Quotes by Naomi Alderman

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading...

Quotes by Leah Ward Sears

There are very few women in the Senate and very few mothers.

Quotes by Kerry Kennedy

The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.

Quotes by Kara Swisher

Throughout my working life, I've been either one of very few women or the most senior woman in the place.

Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Business Quotes

I'm one of the few women in science. I have pioneered that. One of the things I worry about is what that pioneering has done to me. I have had to fight quite hard most of the way through life.

Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.

Quotes by Jo Swinson

I grew up military but have met very few women that have a mission plan for when things don't work out. I attack everything like that.

Quotes by Harris Faulkner

Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.

Quotes by Gretchen Whitmer

There are woefully few women CEOs in the world, but there can be lots of them in films.

Quotes by Geena Davis

Doing Quotes

There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real...

Quotes by Gail Simmons

Frequently Asked Questions

What industries do these 'few women' quotes cover?
The samples span filmmaking, politics, and finance journalism, each noting how few women reach visible top roles in those fields.
Does any quote describe adapting behavior due to being outnumbered?
Yes, one describes subconsciously adopting more traditionally masculine behavior in politics after being surrounded mostly by men.
Is there a historical or artistic example in this topic?
One quote names a surrealist artist as among the rare women recognized in that movement, noting she and her creative partner adopted men's names in their work.
How does the finance industry come up here?
One quote references a recurring newspaper story that mourns the shortage of women reaching the top of major financial institutions.
What's the overall tone across these quotes?
They're mostly observational and reflective, describing patterns of scarcity rather than offering solutions or calls to action.

One quote highlights a surrealist artist as one of very few women recognized within her movement at the time. Continue with our Alone or Doing quotes for related themes.