Feminism Quote by Norah Vincent

Smokers, like so many of us, are mavericks when they're healthy but parasites when they're not. They trash their bodies and then expect the…

— Norah Vincent

Isn't it curious how quickly a conservative becomes a libertarian when he's caught sinning? There's a lesson in that somewhere, if only the Christian…

— Norah Vincent

The twin causes Bin Laden invokes are Islam and Arab self-determination, and armies rise to serve him. No need to convert or dogmatize. Believers…

— Norah Vincent

Private academic institutions admit the children of alumni because substantial parts of their operating budgets come from the financial contributions of alumni.

— Norah Vincent

My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer than my…

— Norah Vincent

Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal…

— Norah Vincent

We are a nation of savages.

— Norah Vincent

Practically as soon as the towers hit the ground on Sept. 11, pundits of the left like Noam Chomsky and Susan Sontag took advantage…

— Norah Vincent

Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like…

— Norah Vincent

People who dislike Oprah's Book Club dislike it for the same reason that they dislike Barnes & Noble. The fact that the two do…

— Norah Vincent

The candidates who get themselves elected are illusionists and prevaricators of the first order. We expect this of them. They're a reflection of us,…

— Norah Vincent

I learned that gender identity runs very deep in all of us, very near the center of our sense of self and messing with…

— Norah Vincent