Who is apt on occasion to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

When you set your mind to achieve something, you must allow yourself the opportunity to get it done.

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

He looked like he'd just seen the Ghost of You Better Shut Your Mouth.

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

The realization that life is absurdand cannot be an end, but only abeginning. This is a truth nearly allgreat minds have taken as their starting point.

Room 10 [a short film she codirected with Andrea Buchanan] nailed my personal theme: love and choosing to stay in the room when the going gets tough.

Everyone loves the Dream but I kill it.

If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?

Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.