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Eva Peron: Our President has...

Eva Peron: Our President has...

Our President has declared that the only privileged person in our country are the...

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Geraldine Ferraro: You don't go...

Geraldine Ferraro: You don't go...

You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

Source: In...

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Gloria Naylor: One should be...

Gloria Naylor: One should be...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire...

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Marguerite Duras: You have to...

Marguerite Duras: You have to...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're...

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Maya Angelou: The thorn from...

Maya Angelou: The thorn from...

The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more...

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Dolores Huerta: Giving kids clothes...

Dolores Huerta: Giving kids clothes...

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides...

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Rosa Parks: I was determined...

Rosa Parks: I was determined...

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what...

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Kate Millett: If only no...

Kate Millett: If only no...

If only no one had told them I was mad. Then I wouldn't be.

Source: The Loony-Bin...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: This idea of...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: This idea of...

This idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another --...

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Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a...

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Liz Smith: No matter who...

Liz Smith: No matter who...

No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!

Source: In...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Grace is available...

Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it...

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Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

Clara McBride Hale: I'm not an...

I'm not an American hero. I'm a person who loves children.

Source: In Words of...

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Susan Faludi: The demand that...

Susan Faludi: The demand that...

The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: You need to...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: You need to...

You need to claim the events in your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done,...

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Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a...

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Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

Ernestine L Rose: She had her...

She had her reward! -- that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious --...

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Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of...

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Maya Angelou: All of childhood's...

Maya Angelou: All of childhood's...

All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey...

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Ann Landers: Rose-colored glasses are...

Ann Landers: Rose-colored glasses are...

Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in...

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