Gloria Steinem

When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break. ”

I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.' ”

Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful. ”

Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of. ”

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. ”

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward. ”

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. ”

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

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing. ”

I was never against marriage per se. Before feminism, I didn't think you had any choice. In fact, for a long time I always assumed I would get married. I just didn't see any marriages I wanted to emulate, so I kept putting it off. ”