“I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged...” — Frances O'Grady Quote

“I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.”

“I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by.”

“I do know what it's like to worry about bills, I do know what it's like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them.”

“Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful. Barack Obama came to China and he is probably the only president of the United States never to mention the words 'human rights' in public.”

“Actors, like it or not, their voices carry deeply into the culture: people look towards them for attitudes, for right or wrong, and today, the mainstream media doesn't really balance the unheard.”

“Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.”