So whatever you want to do, just do it... Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.

Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough I can single-handed move the world.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would otherwise have appeared disconnected or chaotic.

The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.

But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else.

I'm lucky, always hopeful... I love my life.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

This planet is our home. If we destroy the planet, we've destroyed our home, so it is fundamentally important.