Gloria Steinem Quotes

Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Born: Mar 25, 1934
Because Men People Woman Women You
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful. Gloria Steinem
You People Value Absolutely Most Opinions Misunderstood Being Being Misunderstood Painful Whose
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. Gloria Steinem
Life Out Write Writer Writers Part Talk Because Want Started
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem
Dreams Lose Imagination Possibilities Dreaming Excitement Leaps Without Form After Planning
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. Gloria Steinem
Power Given Taken Taking Empowerment Itself Process
A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves. Gloria Steinem
Word Gender Society Everyone Would Would-Be Does Exist Where Themselves
Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. Gloria Steinem
Life Justice People Every Other Out Telling Similar Small Shared Come Know Discovering Sitting Movement Experiences Stories Social Social Justice Groups
We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. Gloria Steinem
Courage Few Our More Daughters Sons Like Begun Raise
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward. Gloria Steinem
Depression Anger Inward Opposite Which Turned
Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie. Gloria Steinem
Life Woman Women Job Feminism Too Everywhere About More Never New Fair Pie Piece Baking Making Been Existing Getting Us Many
Perfect is boring: Beauty is irregular. Gloria Steinem
Beauty Boring Perfect Irregular
Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, 'Just wait.' Gloria Steinem
Woman Age Youth Women Conservative Wait Power Lose Young Radical Older Say More Tend Because Feminist Get Just Young Woman
There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better. Gloria Steinem
You World Gift Better Thinking Impact Some Had Greater Than
God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back. Gloria Steinem
God Goddess Back Once Details No Turning Back Questions Begin May Them Ask Turning
It's easier to blame the person with less power. Gloria Steinem
Blame Power Easier Person Less
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. Gloria Steinem
Women Men Marry Some Becoming Wanted Us
The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends. Gloria Steinem
Our Hurtful Adversaries Most Friends Thing
There is nothing more fundamental than the idea that the government does not have a right to decide when and whether we have children. Gloria Steinem
Government Nothing More Idea Does Than Children Decide Whether Fundamental Right
I can say whatever it is that I feel. Gloria Steinem
Whatever Say Feel
Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave. Gloria Steinem
Freedom You Age Young More Idea Look How Feminine Subject Behave Much Should Brings
The thing about aging is all your old lovers, pretty much if they were really friends, become your family. It's great. You have those terrible feelings of possessiveness and uncertainty go out the window. You have what you shared. You know you would help each other in times of trouble no matter what. Gloria Steinem
Great Family You Matter Old Trouble Feelings Become Other Those Out Would Pretty Window About Uncertainty Shared Know Terrible Go Were Friends Times Lovers Much Really Your Aging Help Each Thing
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. Gloria Steinem
Funny Man Marriage Advice Combine How Hear Ask Career
If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse. Gloria Steinem
You Woman Better Will Men Worse Tell About Look She Looks Than Ask Body Body Image Image
The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. Gloria Steinem
Politics Change First Say Social Social Change Necessary Resistance
The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture. Gloria Steinem
Culture Women Men Every Would Case Were Exist Against Origins Biological Violence
It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves. Gloria Steinem
People Heartbreaking Against Themselves Working Watch
There's no shortage of great young activists. Gloria Steinem
Great Young Shortage Activists
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