Gloria Steinem

"Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel like I should be doing something else."

"The future is about moving forward without anger or fear."

"I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been."

"We are not born knowing how to hate; it's something that must be learned."

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable or immensely afraid."

"A woman without a man is not necessarily incomplete, but she is certainly less marketable."

"The best thing for being sad is to learn something."

"Women are not trying to take over; women are trying to take part."

"Age becomes reality when you stop lying about it to yourself."

"If you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example."

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

"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, especially after a few martinis."

"Intelligence is sexy, and always will be."

"The surest way to make a marriage last is to remain friends first, lovers second."

"We've never known what to do with the energy of women, so we've tried to keep them tired."

"A democratic woman is not my ideal, but there may be worse things."

"Damn it if you do, and damned if you don't—that's the female condition."

"You grow where you are planted, but sometimes you have to transplant yourself."

"The more I know about men the more I like my dog."

"Logic is often my best friend, but intuition is my teacher."

"We should be teaching children to find comfort in independence and joy in interdependence."

"Revolution is a process, not a moment of transformation."

"The truth is more important than the facts."

"Men are encouraged to be ambitious; women are encouraged to be ambitious for a man."

"If men could menstruate, the Dow Jones would go up or down twenty points a day."

"You can teach someone something they don't know, but you can't teach them not to know something they already know."

"The most revolutionary thing anyone can do right now is to be fully present."

"We are not born as separate from the earth; we are part of it and always will be."

"A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life."

"Love is a feeling where there is passion, genuine care, and mutual respect."