Gloria Steinem Quotes

Don't ask f'r rights. Take thim. An' don't let anny wan give thim to ye. A right that is handed to ye fer nawthin has somethin the matter with it.

Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne? Do you need his labor for your baby? Do you need his beast for the bone? Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady? I know that you can make it, you can make it on your own.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

I think - and even with the Live Chin Up movement - it's about women doing things for themselves. Being empowered. Doing things that make you happy. I believe in that philosophy.

I always advocate to young women that if we don't do this for ourselves, no one else is going to. We have to have a voice.

I don't want to be expected to fall in passively someone else's plans for me. That's what I don't want. I don't want it assumed that I simply don't have any personal goals or wishes of my own. Or any basic competence of my own. That's what I don't want!

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

I've always done things my way.

I am my own woman.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

I think women are taking charge of the origins of a production, which is the most important part. Because you can't be a victim of whatever people ask you to do.

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves.

I was never going to be one of those women who put their career on hold, who put their hand out to their husband to ask permission. I used to think that was the worst.

You should always stand up for yourself.