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Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

It is the marketplace that calls most clearly for men to be softer, more narcissistic and receptive, and the new man...

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Florence King: We worship education...

Florence King: We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

Source:
-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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Peggy Noonan: Beware the politically...

Peggy Noonan: Beware the politically...

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their...

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

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Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

Cynthia Heimel: When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and...

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Carol Gilligan: My research suggests...

Carol Gilligan: My research suggests...

My research suggests that men and women may speak different languages that they assume are the same, using similar...

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Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

Peace Pilgrim: You're in a...

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach...

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Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

Rosa Luxemburg: The high stage...

The high stage of world-industrial development in capitalistic production finds expression in the extraordinary...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writing, I think,...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writing, I think,...

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything...

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Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She...

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Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Fran Lebowitz: To put it...

Fran Lebowitz: To put it...

To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to...

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Mary Ashton Livermore: The age looks...

Mary Ashton Livermore: The age looks...

The age looks steadily to the redressing of wrong, to the righting of every form of error and injustice; and a...

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Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Clara McBride Hale: Being black does...

Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do...

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Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

Jane Addams: The excellent becomes...

The excellent becomes the permanent.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

Sally Kempton: And yet wherever...

And yet wherever there exists the display of power there is politics, and in women's relations with men there is a...

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Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Mary Austin: Life set itself...

Life set itself to new processions of seed-time and harvest, the skin newly turned to seasonal variations, the very...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Perhaps middle-age is,...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Perhaps middle-age is,...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material...

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Simone de Beauvoir: On the day...

Simone de Beauvoir: On the day...

On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in strength, not to escape herself but...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Laws are felt...

Suzanne LaFollette: Laws are felt...

Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.

Source:...

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