Women In Their 40s Quotes & Sayings

Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved to see women's films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system. — Gwyneth Paltrow

All too often we're filled with negative and limiting beliefs. We're filled with doubt. We're filled with guilt or with a sense of unworthiness. We have a lot of assumptions about the way the world is that are actually wrong. — Jack Canfield

I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up. — Tabatha Coffey

For a long time, way back in the '30s and '40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only "get out of the factories," but "get out of the movies." That's when women's roles started to really [change]. — Geena Davis

Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh. — William Blake

I'm so glad that Hollywood and America are embracing women when they get in their 40s instead of putting us out to pasture. — Vivica A. Fox

In my small, coastal New England town, an hour outside New York, I know many people who have dealt with cancer. I can reel off the names of at least 15 women I know, all in their 40s. — Jane Green

My mission is to tell the story of the birth of ourselves as a universal humanity, awakening all of us to our unique opportunity to participate through our own conscious evolution. — Barbara Marx Hubbard

Everything is just make believe. They're just different versions of make believe. I love the period of this movie [The Finest Hours ]. I love the '40s. I love the '50s. I love the style of the clothes. I love how the women looked. I love the dances. I love the music. I love the amber of the lights and the cars. I'm in love with all of it. — Chris Pine

Cougars are all the rage! I'm so glad that Hollywood and America are embracing women when they get in their 40s instead of putting us out to pasture. That's when a woman's in her peak. That's when she's hot. She's already been through all of the junk. She's confident. Secure with who she is. — Vivica Fox

Five women working together is never going to be easy. It's a lot. But God is so incredible, in terms of the timing, because we are all married with kids, in our late 30s and 40s. It's a different stage in our lives. It's not about who is going to be the one that's going to pop. — Roselyn Sanchez

My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s. — Debra Winger

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and don't want to look like grandmothers. — Joseph Altuzarra

I always did well on the essay questions. Just put everything you know on there, maybe you'll hit it. — Jerry Seinfeld

When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair. — Tamsin Greig

If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy. — Amanda Peet

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead! — Gloria Estefan

Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations. — Ramez Naam

According to a survey released by the Pew Research Center in September, 25 percent of Americans are expected to be single into their mid-40s and mid-50s, and are unlikely to have ever been married. As of 2013, there were over 100 million single people in the country. Of that number, 53 percent were women, and 47 percent were men. — Anonymous

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I've met women who have way better bodies in their 40s because they've been working on them for all these years. — Claudia Schiffer

Do you enjoy stories, young lady?" "What kind of stories?" "The best kind, of course," Slowswift said, tapping his book. "The kind about monsters and myths. Longtales, some call them - stories told by skaa around the fires, whispering of mistwraiths, sprites, and brollins and such. — Brandon Sanderson

Some films do portray women in their 40s well, and some other films don't. Some films are written by women, so maybe there's a little more accuracy there. — Julie Delpy

What I learned was there's no roles for women who won't be in their 40s. For women who will be in their 40s, there's a ton of work. — Sharon Stone

We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife or the mother. — Dana Delany

I love the romance of the '40s. It was the perfect time to live. Technology wasn't so advanced that it made life more difficult, but it was just enough that you can send a phone call or a telegram. And people still took pride in how they looked. The men got dressed up and the women got dressed up and they took care of themselves. — Bethany Joy Lenz

When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it. — Keeley Hawes

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. — Thandie Newton

They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable. It's not some hormonal change that happens at that age. Of course, it would be nice to have more physiological insight on that. — Mary Roach

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. — Rosanna Arquette

We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age. — Monica Bellucci