Men who teach only men are called scholars. Women who teach only women are called political agitators.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language is not neutral. It is not merely a vehicle which carries ideas. It is itself a shaper of ideas.

When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all.

This monopoly over language is one of the means by which males have ensured their own primacy, and consequently have ensured the invisibility or 'other' nature of females.

Sexual harassment is becoming the modus operandi of the new world (on-line)... It is the means by which some males are conquering and claiming the new territory as their own.

... for centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power.

Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.

what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.

There is a real split today between those who push the button and those who do the dying.

Paradoxically, the most constructive thing women can do is to write, for in the act of writing we deny our muteness and begin to eliminate some of the difficulties that have been put upon us.

This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

Don't forget, America is a very powerful nuclear country and so is Russia. There's no up-side.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

I don't know about the rest of you who have little voices, but something about mine made me feel completely compelled to listen to it.

You never knew what you could get away with until you tried.

You can't know how weird your own life is until you get some distance on it. Everything seems mundane or boring or embarrassingly small.

In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.

To Meath of the pastures, From wet hills by the sea, Through Leitrim and Longford, Go my cattle and me.