Andrea Dworkin Quotes

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

I think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

Ann Romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life as a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife and as a true patriot.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.

A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.

Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?

But heroes, at times, had to be fools.

If I was going to be a princess, I would be a warrior princess.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

Some people are heroes. And some people jot down notes.

If everyone is a hero, then disasters and atrocities lose their meaning. It's only when certain people are heroes and others are not that these tragedies and disasters that mankind faces take on meaning.

Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?...Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!

Birth is the epicenter of women's power

I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.

Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe.

The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

There are times a women's just got to fight even if she knows it's a losing battle

In a career playing heroes, I learned a little about the real thing. A hero stands up-for himself, for herself, but most importantly for others.

I may be a man, but I fight like a girl.