What Feminism Is, Feminist, Express Sentiments, Rebecca West

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat." - Rebecca West

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/rebecca_west_105140.

Reject Any Politics, Targets People, Race or Religions, What Makes Us Strong, Barack Obama

"We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith." - Barack Obama

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You Must Write, Lurk in Libraries, Climb the Stacks like Ladders, Ray Bradbury

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” ― Ray Bradbury

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Women are Slaves, Men Will be Knaves, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the strapping spokeswoman for nineteenth-century suffragists.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 12.

Democracy, Choice, Choose Wisely, Education, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Fiction Reveals Truths, Reality Obscures, Jessamyn West

“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” - Jessamyn West

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 132.

Impossible to Repent of Love, The Sin of Love, Muriel Spark

“It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.” - Muriel Spark. The author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie converted to Catholicism, but refused to censor her heart.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 121.

Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

God Made Man, I Can Do Better, Adela Rogers St. Johns

“God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.” - Adela Rogers St. Johns

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 128.

Remember the Ladies, Generous and Favorable, Unlimited Power, Husbands, Tyrants, Rebellion, Abigail Adams

“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by an Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” - Abigail Adams, wife of the second president of the United States of America.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 47.

End of Your Rope, Tie a Knot, Hang On, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Kind Words, Echoes, Endless, Mother Teresa

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 175.

Millions Long for Immortality, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, Susan Ertz

“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” - Susan Ertz, novelist.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 118.

Individual Freedom, Economic Security and Independence, Hungry, Dictatorships, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_134721.

Art, Revolutions, Combining, What Exists, What Has Never Existed Before, Gloria Steinem

"Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before." - Gloria Steinem

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Attempts the Absurd, Achieve the Impossible, Robin Morgan

"Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible." - Robin Morgan

Found on AZQuotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/528855.

Question Authority, Timothy Leary

"Think for yourself and question authority." - Timothy Leary

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/timothylea378747.html.

Easier to Blame, Blame, Person with Less Power, Gloria Steinem

"It's easier to blame the person with less power." - Gloria Steinem. Which explains way too much!

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690738.html.

We are Taught, Blame, Never Your Fault, Wanted to Change, Katharine Hepburn

“...We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's ALWAYS your fault, because if you wanted to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 26.

Whoever is Happy, Make Others Happy, Anne Frank

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” - Anne Frank

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 98.

Test of Our Progress, Add More to the Abundance, Provide Enough, Those Who Have Little, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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E.L Doctorow, Writing a Novel, Driving a Car at Night, Best Advice on Writing, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Homemaker, Housewife, Bella Abzug

“I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.” - Bella Abzug

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.

What is Important, Meaningful Life, Service, Helping Others, Dalai Lama

"What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t do that, at least not harming them." - Dalai Lama, on Twitter.

Mystery of Grace, Meets Us Where We Are, Anne Lamott

“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” ― Anne Lamott

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Pedestal, Prison, Small Confined Space, Gloria Steinem

"A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei137480.html.

Male Gynecologist, Auto Mechanic, Never Owned a Car, Carrie Snow

“A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car.” - Carrie Snow

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 28.

'Many Sides', Morally Equal, Wrong Side, Child, Heather Heyer, Sen. Kamala Harris, Susan Bro

“'Many sides' suggests that there is no right side or wrong side, that all are morally equal. But I reject that. It's not hard to spot the wrong side here. They're the ones with the torches and the swastikas.” - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), condemning the violence in Charlottesville, Virgina, and President Donald Trump's “many sides” response.

“They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what – you just magnified her.” - Susan Bro, speaking at a memorial service for her daughter, Heather Heyer, who was murdered by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville

Both quotes are from the Fall 2017 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

State of Female Artists, Definition of Art, Biased, Men, European tradition, Crafts, Women and Natives, Gloria Steinem

"The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did in a European tradition and 'crafts' were what women and natives did. But it's actually all the same." - Gloria Steinem

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Forgiveness, Giving Up All Hope, Better Past, Anne Lamott

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.” ― Anne Lamott

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Racism, White Person's Problem, Violence Against Women, Men's Problem, Gloria Steinem

"The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/gloriastei690680.html.