“A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.” Quote by Francis Bacon
“The road itself is informative, because it forces you to respond spontaneously and to encounter the unexpected. It forces you to reassess what you felt about people or issues or places, and it forces you to live in the present.” PeopleForceFeltIssuesEncountersUnexpectedLive In The PresentInformative Author:Gloria Steinem
“You have no choice but to live in the present, if you're really being open to events and people as they come along.” PeopleIfsChoicesEventsLive In The Present Author:Gloria Steinem
“Violence against women is clearly not solved, not at all solved, and the reasons for it, which are controlling women's bodies in order to control reproduction, are definitely not solved.” ReasonBodyOrderViolenceReproductionViolence Against WomenWomen's BodiesControlling Women Author:Gloria Steinem
“The belief that women should control our own bodies may be a majority belief, but the minority that believes otherwise is against not only safe and legal abortions but contraception and even sex education.” ShouldBelieveMayBodyBeliefSexSafeMajorityAbortionMinoritiesContraceptionSex Education Author:Gloria Steinem
“Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.” BodyLife IsIndividualCommunityProgressDependsStatementsCollectivesCrucialOwnershipOur CommunityIndividual Life Author:Gloria Steinem
“Any insistence on equal pay is crucial and any redefinition of work to include caregiving work so that it also has an economic value, at least at replacement level, that's crucial. So change does come from the bottom up, and it will come from girls and women and men who understand that for us all to be human beings instead of being grouped by gender is good for them, too.” MenHumansDoeValuesGirlHuman BeingsLevelsPayEconomicEqualMen And WomenBottomGenderCrucialReplacementsInsistenceEqual PayCaregivingEconomic Value Author:Gloria Steinem
“There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would not be made of men. There are going to be attacks based on different standards of morality and different standards of dress and physical attractiveness.” MenMadeDifferentMoralityDemandStandardsDressesClintonCandidatesPerfectionismAttractiveness Author:Gloria Steinem
“It would be a disaster to have Sarah Palin or Carly Fiorina in the White House, so it's not just a woman, but a woman who stands for the majority needs of women. It's not just getting a job for one woman, it's making life better for all women.” NeedsWould BeJobsHouseWhiteMajorityDisasterWhite HouseOne WomanPalin Author:Gloria Steinem
“There's one logical generational difference and that is that young women will have more chances to support a female president than older women. Older women feel it's their last chance, so that's just a factual, obvious difference. But other than that it depends on experience, on individual experience.” FeelsLastsYoungIndividualPresidentDifferencesChanceSupportDependsFemaleObviousLogicalYoung WomenFactualOlder WomenLast ChanceFemale President Author:Gloria Steinem
“If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.” IfsStillsMightAliveViolenceDomestic ViolenceArrestedTrayvon MartinTrayvonZimmerman Author:Gloria Steinem