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1 " If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class. "
― Gina Barreca
2 " In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine. "
3 " It’s only when you’re at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend. "
4 " ...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is watching, and love like you've never been hurt.'...After years of hearing and reading these lines I have decided to tell the truth: the original version is wrong. There is a grave error in the wording of this adage. The correct version should go as follows:Love like you don't need the money,Work like nobody is watching,Dance like you've never been hurt.See? Doesn't that make more sense? "
― Gina Barreca , It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
5 " Ask a woman if she’s ambitious and she’ll look at you as if you just asked whether she sticks pins in puppies for fun. Ask a woman if she’s competitive and she’ll look at you as if you suggested that she’s a hooker. "
6 " Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them into a shared experience. "
7 " To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine. "
8 " Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon’s scalpel. "
9 " Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and offer illumination to others. "
10 " Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses — for me and for you. "
11 " Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect. "
12 " Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition. "
13 " Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it,' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline "
― Gina Barreca , "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?": Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times
14 " We all enter this world crying. Laughter is something we have to learn "
15 " How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds. "
16 " What doesn’t polite society, in all seriousness, want to discuss? Sex, money, political corruption, bodily functions, religion, loss and despair?These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers. "
17 " I was raised a Roman Catholic, but it was the kind of domesticated Catholicism that focused mostly on the length of your skirt rather than, say, the depth of your penitential observance "
18 " I'd say it's time for women to make a stand. And it's far, far easier to make a stand when you're wearing comfortable shoes. "
19 " When you enter your next relationship, you become the person you split up with. "
20 " While many things have changed, some things haven’t changed enough. "
