When men in relationships have more money, we say they have the power. When women in relationships have more money, we say they are being used.

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.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.

I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.

What is a well-chosen collection of pictures, but walls hung round with thoughts?

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

I think we need to find somebody that can meet that standard.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.

We do not earn or deserve the love of God; we already have it.