Gloria Steinem Quotes

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.

Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument.

My job is to write opinions. I decide cases and write opinions. It is not to respond to idiocy and critics who make statements that are unfounded. That doesn't mean that people shouldn't have constructive criticisms, but it should be constructive.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

I'm so sick of Betty White.

Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be fully understood, they will not accept. We call these people 'intellectuals.'

I like debate and argument, so I'm usually all right with disagreement, and I'm even all right if the critic doesn't come to a clear thumbs up or thumbs down. But I need the disagreement to have some kind of line I can follow on the map. I like following an interesting mind along it.

The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

Like all religions, Reason presents itself as the solution to the problems it has created

Today we are apt to downplay or disregard the importance of good thinking to strong faith; and some, disastrously, even regard thinking as opposed to faith.

Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!

I wasn't sure I could make it through another hour of his company without throwing my stapler at his head.

You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'

If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.

The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us achieve new ideas. But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff.

I stop paying attention because as much as I love beauty, I hate stupidity, and seeing the two combined pisses me off.

I was always annoyed by too much explaining.

If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.

I got fed up of listening to bollocks

Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more!

Annoyed?” said Sophie. “Why should I be annoyed? Someone only filled the castle with rotten aspic, and deafened everyone in Porthaven, and scared Calcifer to a cinder, and broke a few hundred hearts. Why should that annoy me?

I do loathe explanations.