The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

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[...].

Changes ain't totally pleasant but they're excellent things... Two years is about long enough for things to stay exactly the same. If they stayed put any longer they might grow mossy.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas.

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.

Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.

Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on a weekend with nine other films.

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off.

Why aren't you signed up for the 401K? I'd never be able to run that far.

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.