You can show more of the reality of yourself instead of hiding behind a mask for fear of revealing too much

Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.

A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.

Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners.

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.

Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth.

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.

But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

I hate to be what is called a clever girl—there are too many of that sort now!

The economy needs a stimulus. We MUST borrow. The notion of debt as a sin or something evil should be reviewed.

People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour.

Don't worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you're doing.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

Of course, you’d warm up faster if you took your clothes off.