Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.

What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there's no particular virtue in doing things the way they have always been done.

I'm actually excited about being in my 40s. I mean, that's ironic considering the show I'm on, but I have never felt like I need to feel or look the same as when I was 20.

Over the last 15 years we've developed our brand into a global brand and we wanted our giving to follow suit.