Germaine Greer

"A woman who does not have this life in her is simply a parasitic scourge."

"Most women are not programmed to ask for what they want."

"I don't think that women are more moral than men, they're just better at following orders."

"The difference between being a woman in real life and being a woman in the movies is substantial."

"A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except leave him."

"To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial."

"The sexual revolution will not be won by women; it must be won with men."

"Every man has the desire to be desired, which is different from being loved."

"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive."

"The great negotiation of female life is to exist in contradiction."

"A woman who must beg for her humanity has already lost it."

"The beauty myth is not about women at all. It is about men's institutions and institutional power."

"When women love women, we call it lesbianism. When men love men, we call it history."

"Most of what we know about ourselves comes to us through mediation by others."

"You will only believe your own propaganda if you live in a system where any alternative voice is suppressed."

"Women are not supposed to be liked. They are supposed to be loved, ignored, or destroyed."

"The fundamental principle of my argument is that freedom is the prerequisite of intellectual development."

"I don't want a man who will give his life for me; I want a man who will share his life with me."

"To achieve catharsis and expulsion of poisonous elements, violent emotions must be expressed."

"The disease of the modern world is that people are not at home where they live."

"If you have never wished you could slap a man in the face, you're probably the man."

"Sex is the taboo that structures all the other taboos."

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."

"In the real world, nothing happens at the right time and nothing happens when it is supposed to on schedule."

"Most of the dirt that I've eaten in my life has been caused by women serving it."

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country."

"The greatest threat to the patriarchy is women who refuse to be ashamed of their appetites."

"I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They kept us up all night."

"To educate a woman is to educate a generation."

"The secret to a woman's power is her own awareness of it."