Florence King Quotes

Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.

I really love women that manage to be amazing in their age.

My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.

Cavalli is all about being a strong woman - being sexy and powerful. Which is how we'd like to feel, all of the time! The clothes are very strong and sexy - quite Amazonian. And you feel like that yourself when you're wearing the clothes.

I like strong women. Physical women.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age.

Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.

I'm not just another bimbo.

When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

I love women with attitude.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual wisdom and strength.

I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things.

I think women are so much more interesting and sexy in their 30s and 40s.

There are women who are just extraordinary, who are smart and brilliant, sensual women in their 70s and even 80s!

It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.

[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

The only thing I consciously avoid is playing the victim. I think women are portrayed as the victim in so many things, and I really like women with strength - although I feel now I may have gone overboard by playing so many strong, sassy women.

I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?

Where there is a woman there is magic.

Powerful women scare men. I think that when you're mature, you are powerful. And that's what makes you beautiful. So until we're able to see women as beautiful because they're strong, we're gonna have problems.