Gloria Steinem

“Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.”

“Hope is a form of planning.”

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

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”

“Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.”

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

“The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.”

“Laughter is a political act.”

“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke.”

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”

“We have begun to raise our daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.”

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

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”

“So whatever you want to do, just do it... Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.”

“Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.”