“The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.”

“I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“We were promised change – but corruption and brutality still rule in Zimbabwe.”

Fadzayi Mahere (1985) Zimbabwean lawyer and politician

“I think women rule the world, and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn't allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules — it hasn't been taught us by means of strict rules, either.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher

“The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.”

Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“The first rule for understanding the human condition is that men live in second-hand worlds. They are aware of much more than they have personally experienced; and their own experience is always indirect.”

C. Wright Mills (1916–1962) American sociologist

“The men who rule have practiced keepin’ their tongues still, not exercisin’ them. p. 8”

George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator

“It's a strange new world out there and the rules have changed: It's every princess for herself.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author