And with the rape, I was showing why the rape statistics are exaggerated, and saying that date rape was much more complex than the way feminists had portrayed it, as men oppressing women.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.

One danger of a man succeeding is that it teaches his wife and daughter not to worry about success.

The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.

Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team.

The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a construction site.

If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?

Men are not only women's unpaid bodyguards, they actually pay to be a woman's bodyguard.

I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

When women are at the height of their beauty power and exercise it, we call it marriage. When men are at the height of their success power and exercise it, we call it a mid-life crisis.

You belong to the world. Don’t be afraid to be a part of it.

Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.

Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.'

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

Eventually, it came to this place like, "I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell." Man of Tai Chi became the story to tell.

It's the viewer that makes the work.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future.