Top 193 Quotes by Gloria Steinem

About Gloria Steinem

These are some quotes by American author Gloria Steinem Activist, who was born on March 25, 1934.

Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.

Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.

Gloria Steinem

I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.

I didn't go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life.

Gloria Steinem

Obviously there is no such thing as race, and in many ways, sex is a continuum, not a binary. So it doesn't make sense to label people in that way.

Obviously there is no such thing as race, and in many ways, sex is a continuum, not a binary. So it doesn't make sense to label people in that way.

Gloria Steinem

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

Gloria Steinem

I looked up affirmative action once in Wikipedia, and it said, 'A measure by which white men are discriminated against,' and I got so mad.

I looked up affirmative action once in Wikipedia, and it said, 'A measure by which white men are discriminated against,' and I got so mad.

Gloria Steinem

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.

Gloria Steinem

If technology and medicine are used by women to have children or not to have children or to have healthier children - that's one thing. But if it's used to say, 'You're not a real woman unless you have a child; therefore, take all these dangerous hormones and have one at 54,' then it's another story.

Gloria Steinem

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.

Gloria Steinem

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Gloria Steinem

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

Gloria Steinem

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