One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.

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[...].

Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.

Remember Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels.

I don't think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I'm not.

Virtue must shape itself in deed.

I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but that I have remained largely unread.

I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.

Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.

A constant interrogation.

And you work for that demon, right? The one who looks like Matthew Broderick?” “John Cusack,” I corrected. “He looks like John Cusack.” “Whatever.

You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things.