Quotes About Equality

Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings, limited to one square in any direction, on defense for the whole fucking game.

Not everyone has to get the same things all the time in order for life to be fair.

The world kept telling her to look away, to pay no attention to an age-old system, in which men thrived and inconvenient women disappeared.

Are you using 'he' generically, or because it seems probable that a man did this?" Hunt shrugs, indifferent to pronouns. Men can afford to be.

How many times is a woman allowed to defend herself? In Polly's experience, not even once.

Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings, limited to one square in any direction, on defense for the whole fucking

People today are always talking about prejudice and stuff, like the rest of us never knew it.

Eileen says what they should really do, if they want to be fair about it, is offer a Bible study class for credit, and let us take that instead of sitting an extra hour in study hall, twiddling our so-called opposable thumbs.

Everyone has a talent, and gifts shouldn't be judged by their glory factor

Placeres y tormentos son iguales, como si el amor y su castigo fueran la misma cosa

Frankie had no idea that too many people believed you could be from a right place or a wrong one.

I wish I knew why some people suffer so much more than others

Je ne souhaite pas, comme certaines ou certains, juger l'Islam à partir de mon occidentalocentrisme, ni énoncer à partir de mes valeurs personnelles des oukases à prétention universelle; devant certains traitements imposés aux femmes du monde arabe, je ne souhait pas hurler avec les loups. Je veux seulement comprendre.

She was tired of playing the dutiful assistant to a great man.

An androgynous mind was not a male mind. It was a mind attuned to the full range of human experience, including the invisible lives of women.

Les femmes bien élevées entrent rarement dans l'histoire

Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

There are two good reasons for being nice to the underdogs in this life. One, because if the underdog grows up to be the kind of person that starts shooting, you'll have a chance at survival. Two, because it's the right thing to do the third reason being that the wheel of fortune is always spinning, spinning. And just because you're at the top today doesn't mean it'll always be so. When you're at the bottom, you'll want someone to be there for you too.

There are two good reasons for being nice to the underdogs in this life. One, because if the underdog grows up to be the kind of person that starts shooting, you'll have a chance at survival. Two, because it's the right thing to do. (42)

the third reason [for being nice to the underdogs in life] being that the wheel of fortune is always spinning, spinning. And just because you're at the top today doesn't mean it'll always be so. When you're at the bottom, you'll want someone to be there for you too.

Sizeism = like racism, only against people who aren't a size two or four.

You're ballsy, Nats. Jeez." "Pfft. Why do men say that? Balls? If you kick them or bump them or they get cold or too warm, you guys go down for the count. I say I have vagina. Way tougher than balls. Though it does hurt to get kicked there." He sputtered and then laughed and laughed. "We need to think of another term, though. Vagina up? No. I'll think about it and get back to you. So did he agree, then? To sell you the guitar, I mean?

They're not chicks. They're ducks.

At the end of the day, we all need each other. Women need men, men need women, and nobody should be anyone's sex slave.