Phyllis Schlafly Quotes
When I had a baby, I didn't leave the second floor for six months. I nursed my babies. I was a full-time homemaker. I taught them all how to read before I let them go to school. So I gave them that care in the early life that somehow feminists have been led to believe is demeaning and is not worth the time of an educated woman.
 
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	You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.   
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	I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.   
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	A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.   
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	Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'   
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	I believe politicians should always remain realistic.   
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	I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.   
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	My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.   
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	Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.   
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	It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.   
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	We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.   
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	Stanford's law school application wasn't the standard combination of college transcript, LSAT score, and essays. It required a personal sign-off from the dean of your college: You had to submit a form, completed by the dean, attesting that you weren't a loser.   
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	I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.   
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	To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.   
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	I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.   
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	I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.   
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	The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.   
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	Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!   
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	In married life three is company and two none.   
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	I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.   
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	At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.   
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	I have kind of a personality defect in that I find the word 'no' hard to articulate.   
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	The guardianship of the weaker sex has survived in the family law which still states, 'And he shall be your master.'   
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	At some point during my travels, I had a slight change of focus which would end up defining the rest of my career. I began taking pictures of people. In addition to all the buildings, street signs and fire hydrants, I started photographing some of the interesting humans that passed by me on the street.   
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	When I had a baby, I didn't leave the second floor for six months. I nursed my babies. I was a full-time homemaker. I taught them all how to read before I let them go to school. So I gave them that care in the early life that somehow feminists have been led to believe is demeaning and is not worth the time of an educated woman.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					