1,066 Quotes by Gloria Steinem

The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends.

You're afraid to be close to women. Because it's not masculine to be close to women. The last time you were close to a woman, you were a child.

Go out and find your own stories.That is what I want to tell you.

There is always one true inner voice. Trust it.

We have to learn to stand up for our interests. To seek purity is self-defeating and a stereotype in itself: women have to be pure, women are not concerned about money.

... patriarchy creates megapatterns that affect us all--even as we forge different individual choices within them--just as do themegapatterns of nationalism or racism.

We must begin to shift the emphasis of teen-age pregnancy to teen-age boys.

I can't mate in captivity.

The surest way to be alone is to get married.