--- title: "16 Want Quotes By Eve Ensler" description: "16 Want quotes by Eve Ensler. Plus more from Eve Ensler and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/eve-ensler-1402_funny_decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-a_1406683.jpg" --- > [Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-admired/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/eve-ensler-1402_funny_decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-a_1406683.jpg) > [When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/when-we-give-in-the-world-what-we-want-the-most-we-heal-the-broken/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/eve-ensler-1402_broken_when-we-give-in-the-world-what-we-want-t_456423.jpg) > [I really want to help stop violence toward women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-really-want-to-help-stop-violence-toward-women/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/eve-ensler-1402_help_i-really-want-to-help-stop-violence-towa_1361694.jpg) > [You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/you-have-to-give-to-the-world-the-thing-that-you-want-the-most-in/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/eve-ensler-1402_broken_you-have-to-give-to-the-world-the-thing_462114.jpg) > [Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/three-of-the-ten-principles-governing-the-city-of-joy-are-a-tell-the/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/eve-ensler-1402_cities_three-of-the-ten-principles-governing-th_1895819.jpg) > [I want to read so I can read the Koran read the signs in the street know the number of the bus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-want-to-read-so-i-can-read-the-koran-read-the-signs-in-the-street/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/eve-ensler-1402_bus_i-want-to-read-so-i-can-read-the-koran-r_1107518.jpg) > [I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-think-so-much-of-neoliberalism-and-capitalism-has-caused-people-to/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/eve-ensler-1402_capitalism_i-think-so-much-of-neoliberalism-and-cap_2090860.jpg) > [I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-think-that-anytime-you-get-clear-about-what-your-mission-is-or-what/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/eve-ensler-1402_clear_i-think-that-anytime-you-get-clear-about_195969.jpg) > [I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube, I want to walk next to you in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-want-to-touch-you-in-real-time-not-find-you-on-youtube-i-want-to/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/eve-ensler-1402_mountain_i-want-to-touch-you-in-real-time-not-fin_2524738.jpg) > [I think to be honest, that being is inside. I meet that being in so many people that I meet everywhere in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-think-to-be-honest-that-being-is-inside-i-meet-that-being-in-so/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/eve-ensler-1402_ambiguity_i-think-to-be-honest-that-being-is-insid_553283.jpg) > [The verb that's been enforced on girls is to please. Girls are trained to please...I want us all to change the verb.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/the-verb-that-s-been-enforced-on-girls-is-to-please-girls-are-trained/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/eve-ensler-1402_activate_the-verb-that-s-been-enforced-on-girls-i_51305.jpg) > [I live with that contradiction daily. It is a constant struggle. I struggle very deeply. I don't think I've said this to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-live-with-that-contradiction-daily-it-is-a-constant-struggle-i/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/eve-ensler-1402_congo_i-live-with-that-contradiction-daily-it_1917101.jpg) > [We can't walk where we want to walk or be who we want to be or dress the way we want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/we-can-t-walk-where-we-want-to-walk-or-be-who-we-want-to-be-or-dress/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/eve-ensler-1402_dresses_we-can-t-walk-where-we-want-to-walk-or-b_1844460.jpg) > [In America, we have to really be working on two fronts right now. Immediately, we have to be rising in resistance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/in-america-we-have-to-really-be-working-on-two-fronts-right-now/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/eve-ensler-1402_america_in-america-we-have-to-really-be-working_1871483.jpg) > [Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/cherish-your-solitude-take-trains-by-yourself-to-places-you-have-2/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/eve-ensler-1402_being-afraid_cherish-your-solitude-take-trains-by-you_2322934.jpg) > [What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/what-i-would-say-to-young-women-is-pay-attention-to-the-real-pay/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/eve-ensler-1402_attention_what-i-would-say-to-young-women-is-pay-a_1517077.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Eve Ensler > [I have been struggling to find my way back into my body my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-have-been-struggling-to-find-my-way-back-into-my-body-my-whole-life/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/when-i-wrote-the-good-body-i-turned-40-and-suddenly-had-this-stomach/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/cherish-your-solitude-take-trains-by-yourself-to-places-you-have/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/why-are-women-immobile-because-so-many-feel-like-they-re-waiting-for/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/terence-mckenna-says-the-culture-is-not-your-friend-i-am-not-sure-we/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [What neo-capitalism does so brilliantly is that it's always subdividing and dividing, so that people are never able to be joined in their numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/what-neo-capitalism-does-so-brilliantly-is-that-it-s-always/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [The verb that's been enforced on girls is to please. Girls are trained to please...I want us all to change the verb. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/the-verb-that-s-been-enforced-on-girls-is-to-please-girls-are-trained/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [“De acordo com os congressistas, ouvir as experiências reais de mulheres vítimas de violência era diferente de ler as estatísticas de violência contra mulheres.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/de-acordo-com-os-congressistas-ouvir-as-experi-ncias-reais-de/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/the-clitoris-is-pure-in-purpose-it-is-the-only-organ-in-the-body/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [stop fixing your bodies and start fixing the world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/stop-fixing-your-bodies-and-start-fixing-the-world/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Anorexia was my attempt to have control over my body and manipulate my body and starve my body and shape my body. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/anorexia-was-my-attempt-to-have-control-over-my-body-and-manipulate/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and humor, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/i-believe-in-irony-and-if-v-day-has-taught-me-anything-it-s-that-if/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [People didn't feel so much shame around it and that they didn't feel so much humiliation around it. And the other thing that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/people-didn-t-feel-so-much-shame-around-it-and-that-they-didn-t-feel/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell looks like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/cancer-essentially-lives-in-us-and-becomes-activated-at-some-point/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) > [Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/today-the-united-states-has-the-highest-prison-population-in-the/) [Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/eve-ensler/#itemlist", "name": "16 Want Quotes By Eve Ensler", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eve Ensler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-admired/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/eve-ensler-1402_funny_decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-a_1406683.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/eve-ensler-1402_funny_decide-whether-you-want-to-be-liked-or-a_1406683.jpg", 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