Karen DeCrow Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I joined NOW on an issue of pay.”

“In the battle between the sexes, men and women will go practically to the end of the earth in illogical, irrational ways to give each other pain.”

“Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.”

“Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.”

“Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.”

“We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.”

“When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.”

“As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,' 'Aida, Norma,' 'Billy Budd,' 'Peter Grimes,' 'The Crucible,' 'Lost in the Stars,' 'The Marriage of Figaro,' 'The Makropulos Case' and Wagner's 'Ring' cycle. Around 1810, the theme of justice emerged in opera.”

“Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.”

“At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.”