--- title: "4 Families Quotes By Gloria Steinem" description: "4 Families quotes by Gloria Steinem. Plus more from Gloria Steinem and more Families sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/gloria-steinem-277_believe_happy-or-unhappy-families-are-all-myster_284027.jpg" --- > [Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/happy-or-unhappy-families-are-all-mysterious-we-have-only-to-imagine/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/gloria-steinem-277_believe_happy-or-unhappy-families-are-all-myster_284027.jpg) > [We're never going to have democratic countries or peaceful countries until we have democratic or peaceful families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/we-re-never-going-to-have-democratic-countries-or-peaceful-countries/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/gloria-steinem-277_countries_we-re-never-going-to-have-democratic-cou_458501.jpg) > [We are still behaving as if a worker really doesn't have a family because the work pattern really was meant for men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/we-are-still-behaving-as-if-a-worker-really-doesn-t-have-a-family/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/gloria-steinem-277_after_we-are-still-behaving-as-if-a-worker-rea_603849.jpg) > [Happy or Unhappy, families are all mysterious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/happy-or-unhappy-families-are-all-mysterious/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/gloria-steinem-277_families_happy-or-unhappy-families-are-all-myster_2441497.jpg) ## Other authors on Families - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-david-w-earle-lpc-love-is-not-enough-10394.jpg) David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/david-w-earle-lpc-love-is-not-enough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-warren-32649.jpg) Elizabeth Warren 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/elizabeth-warren/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-andy-beshear-6135.jpg) Andy Beshear 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/andy-beshear/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-obama-67696.jpg) Michelle Obama 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/michelle-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kirsten-gillibrand-57505.jpg) Kirsten Gillibrand 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/kirsten-gillibrand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-abigail-spanberger-5842.jpg) Abigail Spanberger 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/abigail-spanberger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-matthew-desmond-1529.jpg) Matthew Desmond 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/matthew-desmond/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-katie-britt-5522.jpg) Katie Britt 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/katie-britt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-b-wirthlin-53257.jpg) Joseph B. Wirthlin 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/joseph-b-wirthlin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jo-frost-5360.jpg) Jo Frost 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/jo-frost/) ## More by Gloria Steinem > [People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/people-waste-more-time-waiting-for-someone-to-take-charge-of-their/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/nothing-will-happen-automatically-change-depends-on-what-you-and-i-do/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/women-are-never-again-going-to-be-mindless-coffee-makers-or-mindless/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/the-state-of-female-artists-is-very-good-but-the-very-definition-of/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [We will live to see the day that St. Patrick's Cathedral is a child-care center and the pope is no longer a disgrace to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/we-will-live-to-see-the-day-that-st-patrick-s-cathedral-is-a-child/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/just-when-you-thought-multi-nationals-and-crazed-consumerism-were-too/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [I don't know Beyoncé, but I have the impression that she's sincere, that she really is a feminist and wanted to put the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-don-t-know-beyonc-but-i-have-the-impression-that-she-s-sincere-that/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-started-out-life-as-a-writer-and-writers-write-in-part-because-they/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/proust-s-tea-cake-has-nothing-on-one-hour-in-a-college-dorm/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/sadomasochiasm-which-we-know-very-well-doesn-t-exist-in-societies/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Behave like everything you do matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/behave-like-everything-you-do-matters/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [“Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/part-of-traveling-over-years-means-coming-back-to-the-same-place-and/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-you-say-i-m-for-equal-pay-that-s-a-reform-but-if-you-say-i-m-a/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [I think that part of everybody's success is due to their looks, but it just works in different ways. If you're whatever society calls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-think-that-part-of-everybody-s-success-is-due-to-their-looks-but-it/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/of-course-we-can-change-we-re-very-adaptable-but-it-takes-a-while/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/families/gloria-steinem/#itemlist", "name": "4 Families Quotes By Gloria Steinem", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. 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