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All Quotes by author - Madeleine M. Kunin

" A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure. "

" Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion. "

" Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic. "

" Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity. "

" Early childhood education begins early, even before birth. "

" Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline. "

" Hugs are helpful, especially when women step out into a mostly male political world. Emotional support, at critical moments, enables women to stay in the race. "

" If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray. "

" I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign? "

" It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris. "

" It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job. "

" It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote. "

" Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups. "

" Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated. "

" Most babies know how to win us over. We cannot help but smile at them and watch them smile back. "

" Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive. "

" 'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women. "

" The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions. "

" There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked. "

" There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters. "

" The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream. "

" Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait. "

" Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down. "

" We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition. "

" When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring. "

" Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family. "

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