I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

——二个叔父孙学成、孙观成早年均因为贫穷必须远赴他乡做工谋生，在孙出生前后因病去世，孙看到清朝绩弱不振，受到外国强敌欺侮，增加自己从事反清革命的动机

成功的秘诀就是不断前进。

I try to leave every place a little better than I found it.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole worldkin.