Gloria Steinem

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

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

Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they read more

Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.

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

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

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we read more

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.

. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.