society Quotes

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.

I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers.

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.

The error that we tend to make is that we think that women's magazines are what editors want and what their readers want - and thus are social indicators - when, in fact, they are what advertisers want. They're just advertising indicators.

Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?'

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.