“The surest way to be alone is to get married.”
Gloria Steinem“The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us”
Gloria Steinem“Flo especially took me in hand. When I felt I had to prove the existence of discrimination with statistics, for instance, she pulled me aside. 'If you're lying in the ditch with a truck on your ankle,' she said patiently, 'you don't send someone to the library to find out how much the truck weighs. You get it off!”
Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road“Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.”
Gloria Steinem, The Trouble With Rich Women“Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.”
Gloria Steinem“The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day a movement is only people moving. ”
Gloria Steinem“All women, and men of color - we were owned like tables and chairs. We spent a hundred years getting a legal identity as human beings. That's a big thing.”
Gloria Steinem“If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.”
Gloria Steinem“A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.”
Gloria Steinem“The surest way to be alone is to get married.”
Gloria Steinem“If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?”
Gloria Steinem