"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." ― Leo Rosten Topic(s): Women More From Leo Rosten "Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined." "Extremists think ‘communication’ means agreeing with them." "Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable." More In Women "Women’s Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer."― Calvin Klein "Comedy can be, especially in a writer’s room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for women. It’s not a nurturing place. It’s not like a lot of women are going to say, I can’t wait to live that lifestyle and be in a writer’s room until 2 or 3 a.m."― Ellen DeGeneres "The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion."― Germaine Greer