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Gloria Steinem Quotes: 8

  • A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

  • Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

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

  • Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

  • Rich People plan for three generationsPoor people plan for Saturday night

  • No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.

    The Vagina Monologues
  • Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into the dark room of the world.

    Marilyn
  • If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something.

    My Life on the Road