Quotes from Gloria Steinem

The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home. There are many ways of supporting that, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all caregiving and making that amount tax deductible.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

What happens at 50, more or less, you lose what you need to create another person, to sustain another person; you keep what you need to sustain yourself. And there's something wonderful about that.

Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

Frequently people just vote for the party out of power because they're disappointed or angry at what is happening at the moment.

Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.

What we need to be able to do is count all human experience. So I would like to count the secretarial positions as good training places to take over the jobs of the bosses.

In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.

Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.

The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or Twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on.

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

I'm lucky I don't make my living in front of the camera.