1,066 Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Anyone who has ever experienced dehumanized life on welfare or any other confidence-shaking dependency knows that a paid job may be preferable to the dole, even when the handout is coming from a family member.

Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.

Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence.

I feel that the people I see in the media are sometimes more real than I am, which is utter bullshit.

Many ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than change a phrase. It implied a lot of new content: child care, flexible work hours, new standards of creditworthiness, new symbolism, new lyrics.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

Little girls do not wake up in the morning and say "I dream of being a prostitute." It is a terrible, terrible life. Body invasion is more traumatic than even getting beaten up. In certain circumstances, obviously, it may be a way to survive.

You're a unique person. You should do what you're suited to do. We all should. It's the only way to be happy. That pressure is all outside. It's external.

I have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion.