Gloria Steinem

"Culture constructs women as body and man as mind."

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

"Diversity is the opposite of sameness."

"The truth is that we're the only species that thinks it has all the answers."

"Every girl's an athletic girl because we have two legs and a heartbeat."

"The surest way to be alone is to work for yourself."

"If you live for love, then love for life."

"I realized that I never wanted to be a perfect woman."

"The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself is through work and through creative expression."

"There is no such thing as a natural woman."

"Whatever you believe about her own strength, she'll convince you is wrong."

"Most American children suffer too little consequences for their actions."

"Knowing oneself is not a luxury of the privileged."

"Power can be taken, but not given."

"The future of our planet depends on the future of love."

"We cannot really love anybody with whom we cannot laugh."

"Feminism is the belief that women are human beings."

"One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the world."

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it."

"What would happen if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate?"

"Racism, economic oppression, and the destruction of nature are connected."

"It's not about whether you have done something well or badly, but whether you have done it."

"We need women who are so strong they can be gentle."

"The future of our planet depends not on how many greenhouse gases we produce."

"Intelligence at least is a God-given trait."

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."

"The future really is female."

"Some of the greatest moments in human history were mistakes."

"I think a woman's body is a work of art."

"We are the granddaughters of the witches you were not able to burn."