16 Quotes by Estelle Ramey

When you consider the incomes of professional sports figures compared with anyone else -- it's clear that Americans overvalue trivia.

. . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences.

Are you a Feminist? (addressing a group of professional military officers) Oh...WRONG question. I should have asked 'are you a Father?' When your daughter loses her job to a clearly less-qualified man, you will discover YOU are a feminist.

Anyone seeing women at a bargain-basement sale where aggression is viewed as appropriate, even endearing, sees aggression that would make Attila the Hun turn pale.

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the unromantic scientific facts of life, I find it hard to delude myself about feminine frailty.

The only useful answer to the question 'Who is smarter, a man or a woman?' is, which man and which woman?

What is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences.

Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.

[Addressing a group of military officers:] Are you a feminist? Oh ... wrong question. I should have asked, 'Are you a father?' When your daughter loses her job to a clearly less-qualified man, you will discover you are a feminist.