Disappointed, Fail, Doomed, Beverly Sills

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” - Beverly Sills

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 25.

Defense, Women and Children, Pat Schroeder

“When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.” - Pat Schroeder

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 103.

Cree Indian Proverb, Prophecy, Last Tree Cut Down, Money

"Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." - Cree Indian Proverb/Prophecy

This can be found at Quoteland.com on this page.

Helen Keller - No Pessimist, Human Spirit

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 21.

What happened - age - Jennifer Unlimited

“Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.” - Jennifer Unlimited

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 64.

Feminism, Obama, Trump, Liz Plank

"If you couldn't handle my feminism under Obama, wait until you see my feminism under Trump." - Liz Plank, Political Journalist

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, page 10.

Make Life Less Difficult, George Eliot

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” - George Eliot

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 41.

Old Age, Plane, Storm, Golda Meir

“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.” - Golda Meir

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 75.

Whatever Women Must Do..., Charlotte Whitton

“Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” - Charlotte Whitton

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 131.



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Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

“Action is the antidote to despair.” - Joan Baez

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 20.

Monsters, Ghosts, Stephen King

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” - Stephen King

Politicians, Public Office, Molly Ivins

“The press went tearing off down a very dangerous and stupid path in '88 when they wrote about Hart's affairs. After twenty-five years of watching politics I have never been able to cite any correlation whatever between who these guys screw and how they perform in public office. The question is who they screw in their public capacity.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.



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Stupidity, Retrospect, Stephen King

“Stupidity is one of two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” - Stephen King, '11/22/63'

Ruthless, putting someone on hold, Joe McCarthy, Marlo Thomas

“A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.” - Marlo Thomas

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press (editor), page 108.

Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers, social justice, human rights

"We've already marched many thousands of miles in our struggle for human rights and social justice, and tomorrow we march again. We must do this. We can do this. Si se puede!" - Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers, in the Special Elections 2016 issue of Ms. Magazine.

This is a call to action, Ms. Magazine, Kathy Spillar, Eleanor Smeal

"This is not the time for feminists to sit on the sidelines. We must fight on. We have come too far and worked too hard to go back now.

"This is a call to action. If you have the ability, desire and drive to volunteer for your favorite feminist cause or organization, the time to do so is now. Clinics need escorts; nonprofits need volunteer researchers, event organizers, administrators, lawyers, artists, designers, computer techies and fundraisers. Everyone and every skill count. We all need your passion, encouragement, skills, commitment, financial support—big or small." Eleanor Smeal, Kathy Spillar, Ms. Magazine, from the special election issue's and blog's "This is a Call to Action".

Lily Tomlin, Things getting worse

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“Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” - Lily Tomlin

From Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, Edited by Roz Warren, page 20.

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Molly Ivins, 'Edible National', banks

"My Aunt Eula's bank in Fort Worth has been sallower so many times by bigger banks, she calls it 'Edible National.'" - Molly Ivins.

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren.

Albert Einstein - Universe - Human Stupidity

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_einstein.html

Difference between fiction and reality, Tom Clancy

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tom_clancy.html.

Archaeologist, Husband, Interest, Agatha Christie

"An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: The older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie.

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song...", Marie of Romania, Dorothy Parker

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Romania."

Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment" US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967), Quotation #126 at Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations.

Work, Kids, Ideas, Paula Poundstone

"Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas." - Paula Poundstone

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren.

Pray for the dead, fight, living, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones,

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

Rage, Writers, Nikki Giovanni

"Rage is to writers what water is to fish. A laid-back writer is like an orgasmic prostitute - an anomaly." - Nikki Giovanni, impassioned poet. (Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)

Albert Einstein, world, dangerous place,

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins143096.html

Standing - Traffic - Margaret Thatcher

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides." - "'Iron Maiden' Margaret Thatcher, England's unswervingly Conservative PM," in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.

Hunters - Ellen Degeneres

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say, 'Because it's such a beautiful animal.' There you go! I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her." - Ellen Degeneres.

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren.

Finley Peter Dunne - on comforting the afflicted

"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable." - Finley Peter Dunne.

Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/finley_peter_dunne.html

Mary "Mother" Jones - on being Ladylike

"No matter the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." - Militant labor organizer Mary "Mother" Jones, one mean maternal unit to mess with.

(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)