77 Quotes by Anita Hill

If I can mean to people – if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that’s what I want to be.

I have – often say to people that you really don’t get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they’re going to interpret that and what it means to them.

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977.

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I’d never be able to think the same again – that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now.

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual’s behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.

I work every day to live up to my mother’s model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about.

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.