We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves.
Gloria SteinemI don't like debates anyway. I have never debated anyone, I think they're a very masculine form - like an intellectual prizefight. They let you know who the better debater is but they don't really tell you about the issue. It's all heat, but no light.
Gloria SteinemYou have no choice but to live in the present, if you're really being open to events and people as they come along.
Gloria SteinemEvery revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change.
Gloria SteinemAm I a capitalist? No. Why would I be a capitalist? I have no capital. Most people have no capital. But to punish the individual for the sins of the system makes no sense. We're responsible for changing it, yes. But we can't actually invent another universe, so we have to start where we are.
Gloria Steinem