“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” - Alice Walker
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 89.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Monday, December 30, 2019
Loneliness, Being Unwanted, Most Terrible Poverty, Mother Teresa
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Teresa
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Being a Bitch, Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Smart and Capable, Live in Community Together, Anna Quindlen
“I learned that women were smart and capable, could live in community together without men, and in fact did not need men much.” - Anna Quindlen, nun-educated essayist, on the feminist fringe benefits of attending parochial school.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.
Friday, December 27, 2019
Virtues, Dangers, Shared Laughter, Francoise Sagan
“One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.” - Francoise Sagan
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 84.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 84.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Being a Woman, Dealing with Men, Joseph Conrad
"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men." - Joseph Conrad
Found on Brainy Quote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephconr105151.html.
Found on Brainy Quote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephconr105151.html.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
No Great Things, Small Things, Great Love, Mother Teresa
“We can do no great things – only small things with great love.” - Mother Teresa
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 96.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 96.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Something to Eat, Love in Your Life, How to Behave, Billie Holiday
“You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.” - Billie Holiday
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 123.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 123.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Censorship, Thought Control, Pat Frank
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Don't Compromise Yourself, Janis Joplin
“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 34.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 34.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Male Gynecologist, Auto Mechanic, Carrie Snow
"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car." - Carrie Snow
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/carrie_snow_108544.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/carrie_snow_108544.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Shallow and Arrogant, Self-Made, Notable Achievements, Walt Disney
“It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.” - Walt Disney
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 63.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 63.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Guns, Constitutional Amendment, Women, Eleanor Smeal
“Just think – guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.” - Hotshot Eleanor Smeal, president of NOW from 1977 to 1987.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 71.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 71.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Every Old Person, Younger Person, Cora Harvey Armstrong
"Inside every old person is a younger person wondering 'What the hell happened?'” - Cora Harvey Armstrong
Found on https://www.quotery.com/authors/ at https://www.quotery.com/authors/cora-harvey-armstrong.
Found on https://www.quotery.com/authors/ at https://www.quotery.com/authors/cora-harvey-armstrong.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible with make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 84.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 84.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Not Despair, Overwhelmed, Fight, Sen. Kamala Harris
“We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.” - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.
Note: Sen. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine; she is now Senator from California.
From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.
Note: Sen. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine; she is now Senator from California.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Best Protection, Courage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"The best protection any woman can have...is courage." — Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American abolitionist
Found at Beliefnet. View this online at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=17.
Found at Beliefnet. View this online at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=17.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Glamour, Civilized, Dorothy Lamour
“Glamour is just sex that got civilized.” - Sarong-clad siren Dorothy Lamour. Fittingly, one of dishy Dottie's wrap-arounds wound up in the hoity-toity Smithsonian.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 38.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 38.
Friday, December 13, 2019
If Passion Drives You, Benjamin Franklin
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” - Benjamin Franklin
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 49.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 49.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Sorrow's Kitchen, Wrapped in Rainbows, Zora Neale Hurston
"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands." - Zora Neale Hurston
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
End of the Day, Endure, Frida Kahlo
“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” - Frida Kahlo
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 32.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 32.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Understand a Person, Point of View, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.
Monday, December 9, 2019
The Weak, Never Forgive, Attribute, Mahatma Gandhi
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 80.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 80.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
One Quality Worse, Hardness of Heart, Softness of Head, Theodore Roosevelt
“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 11.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 11.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Date Which Will Live in Infamy, Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt on the morning after the Pearl Harbor attack
I wanted to post this to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, which "helped shape the course of World War II."
Found on Pearl Harbor Warbirds at https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/12-powerful-pearl-harbor-quotes/.
I wanted to post this to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, which "helped shape the course of World War II."
Found on Pearl Harbor Warbirds at https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/12-powerful-pearl-harbor-quotes/.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Idealists, Throw Caution to the Winds, Emma Goldman
“Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.” - Emma Goldman
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 24.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 24.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Lie Habitually, Way of Life, Lose Contact, Sleeping Pills, Truth, Adrienne Rich
“To lie habitually, as a way of life, is to lose contact with the unconscious. It is like taking sleeping pills, which confer sleep but blot out dreaming. The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else.” - Adrienne Rich
From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Breast Cancer, Surgery, Golden Retriever, Linda Ellerbee
On her breast cancer: “A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prothesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling 'Hey, come back here with my breast!'” - Linda Ellerbee
Sometimes it helps if you can laugh at yourself during the rough times.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 74.
Sometimes it helps if you can laugh at yourself during the rough times.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 74.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Got What I Have, Knowing the Right Time, Leslie Caron
“I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.” - Leslie Caron.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page vii.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page vii.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, Never Look Back, Ann Richards
“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” - Ann Richards
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Tell a Lie, Believe It, Dick Gregory
“It is one thing to tell a lie and quite another thing to believe it.” - Dick Gregory
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Terribly Shy, Neither Would I, Carol Channing
“I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.” - Carol Channing. Shy, perhaps, but scarcely retiring: in her eighth decade of life, Hello Dolly is still a happening thing.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 14.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 14.
Friday, November 29, 2019
Oppressor's Language, Adrienne Rich
“This is the oppressor's language.” - Adrienne Rich, articulating her primary problem as a radical feminist poet.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 167.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 167.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Biggest Disease Today, Feeling of Being Unwanted, Mother Teresa
“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.” - Mother Teresa
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Special Treatment, I'm a Girl, Danica Patrick
“I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?” - Danica Patrick
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Cautious, Careful People, Effect a Reform, Susan B. Anthony
“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputations can never effect a reform.” - Susan B. Anthony
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 102.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 102.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Freedom of Speech, Dumb and Silent, George Washington
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” - George Washington
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 66.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 66.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Just Do It, One Foot Before the Other, You Fight, Business of Living, Elizabeth Taylor
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other and, God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.” - Elizabeth Taylor
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
When All Else Fails, Stephen King
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.” ― Stephen King, 11/22/63
Friday, November 22, 2019
Curse the Darkness, Light the Candle, Safe and Sane Future, John F. Kennedy
"We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future." - John F. Kennedy
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_126913 .
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_126913 .
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Firmly Believe, Spend Your Time, Former Anything, Condoleezza Rice
“I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” - Condoleezza Rice
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Heart of a Fool, Mouth of a Wise Man, Benjamin Franklin
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.” - Benjamin Franklin
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 48.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 48.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Six-Word Formula, Success, Eddie Rickenbacker
"I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through." - Eddie Rickenbacker
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_616679.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_616679.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Liked the Men I Loved, Loved the Men I Liked, Fanny Brice
“I never liked the men I loved, and I never loved the men I liked.” - Fanny Brice. The leading lady of Ziegfeld's Follies had a few foibles of her own.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 126.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 126.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
One Damn Thing After Another, Over and Over, Edna St. Vincent Millay
“It is not true that life is one damn thing after another – it's one damn thing over and over.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 65.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 65.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
When We Speak, Heard or Welcomed, Better to Speak, Audre Lorde
"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." - Audre Lorde
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_392663.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_392663.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Believe You Are Defeated, Become a Fact, Norman Vincent Peale
“Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.” - Norman Vincent Peale
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 28.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 28.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Nice in Life, Have Nerve, Georgia O'Keeffe
“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.” - Georgia O'Keeffe
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 55.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 55.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Nothing is Impossible, I'm Possible, Audrey Hepburn
“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible.'” - Audrey Hepburn
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 11.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 11.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, You Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Nothing Pains Some People, Think, Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 12.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 12.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Remember the Ladies, Ancestors, Unlimited Power, Men, 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.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 47.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
To Be Conscious, Ignorant, Knowledge, Benjamin Disraeli
"To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge." - Benjamin Disraeli
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_130754.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_130754.
Friday, November 8, 2019
Hear a Man, Advice, Marriage, Career, Gloria Steinem
“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 129.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 129.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Being Powerful, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” - Margaret Thatcher
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 76.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 76.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Press, Dangerous and Stupid Path, Politics, 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.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Best Prize, Chance to Work Hard, Theodore Roosevelt
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Monday, November 4, 2019
Too Extreme, Social Ills, Emma Goldman
“One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; besides, the extreme thing is generally the true thing.” - Emma Goldman. Often arrested for anarchy, “Red Emma” had plenty of solitary time to contemplate the numerous sins of the state.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 51.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 51.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Power, One Duty, Social Welfare, Benjamin Disraeli
"Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People." - Benjamin Disraeli
Found on BrainyQuote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_154171.
Found on BrainyQuote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_154171.
Friday, November 1, 2019
Fanatic, Can't Change His Mind, Won't Change the Subject, Winston Churchill
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” - Winston Churchill
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 8.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 8.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Monsters, Ghosts, Sometimes, They Win, Stephen King
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Struggle, Never-Ending Process, Freedom, Coretta Scott King
“Struggle is a never-ending process and freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” - Coretta Scott King
From The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
From The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
What I've Lost, What I Have Left, Betty Ford
“I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.” - Betty Ford
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 7.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 7.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Don't Give Up Trying, Love and Inspiration, Ella Fitzgerald
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer
Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.
Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Ann Richards
“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” ― Ann Richards
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30204-after-all-ginger-rogers-did-everything-that-fred-astaire-did.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30204-after-all-ginger-rogers-did-everything-that-fred-astaire-did.
Friday, October 25, 2019
One Thing, People were Afraid of, Black Woman, Caricature, Michelle Obama
"The one thing they knew people were afraid of was the strength of a black woman. So they turned that into a caricature." - former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Essence Festival in New Orleans in Juyl, reflecting on the attacks she faced when her husband was in office.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Biggest Sin, Sitting, Florynce Kennedy
“The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.” - Fleet-tongued Florynce Kennedy. Fortunately, the Ur-activist of the Sixties and Seventies seldom stayed down in the dumps for long.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 70.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 70.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Telephone, Good Way, Drink, Fran Lebowitz
“The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.” - Satirist Fran Lebowitz, an inspiration to every sarcastic smart-ass who ever got herself booted out of high school.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 3.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 3.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Women, Money, Power, Candace Bushnell
“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.” - Candace Bushnell
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.
Monday, October 21, 2019
That Complicated, Equality for Women, Basic Principle, Equal Rights Amendment, John Oliver
"None of this is that complicated. Equality for women should be as a basic principle of our society. If you think it already is, great, all the more reason for us to write it down. And if you think it isn't, then we badly need the ERA." - John Oliver, in a segment on the Equal Rights Amendment during Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
No Culture, Attempts to be Exclusive, Mahatma Gandhi
“No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 81.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 81.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Comedy is Tragedy, Carol Burnett, Humor is Just Truth, Gilda Radner
“Comedy is tragedy, plus time.” - Carol Burnett
“Humor is just truth, only faster.” - Gilda Radner
Both of these quotes were found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 54.
“Humor is just truth, only faster.” - Gilda Radner
Both of these quotes were found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 54.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Man Who is Not Wiser Today, Yesterday, Abraham Lincoln
“I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” - Abraham Lincoln
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 25.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 25.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Prejudices, Education, Charlotte Bronte
“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” - Charlotte Bronte
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 94.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 94.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
No Vote, Without Us, Florida state Sen. Lauren Book
"No vote about us without us." - Florida state Sen. Lauren Book (D) to the Tallahassee Democrat, summing up her proposed amendment to the state constitution, which would prohibit the Florida legislature from passing bills that limit women's access to abortion unless 50 percent of the House and Senate are omen; men currently make up 70 percent of both chambers.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Saving Our Planet, Lifting People, Global Health, Women's Empowerment, Solutions, Ban Ki-moon
"Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all." - Ban Ki-moon
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ban_kimoon_643813.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ban_kimoon_643813.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Man Must Cease, Environment, Exercise His Will, Albert Schweitzer
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility.” - Albert Schweitzer
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 34.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 34.
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Woman, Man, Fish, Net, Cynthia Heimel
“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.” - Cynthia Heimel
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Every Great Dream, Dreamer, Change the World, Harriet Tubman
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/harriet_tubman_310306.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/harriet_tubman_310306.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Really Strong Woman, Accepts, Scars, Carly Simon
“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” - Carly Simon
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 59.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 59.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Prosperity, All of It, Confucius
“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.” - Confucius
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 52.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 52.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
I Write for Those Women, Do Not Have a Voice, Terrified, Silence Would Save Us, It Won't, Audre Lorde
"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." - Audre Lorde
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_409007/
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_409007/
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Future Belongs, Beauty of Their Dream, Eleanor Roosevelt
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_100940.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_100940.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Best Thing About the Future, One Day at a Time, Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 24.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 24.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Brevity, Soul of Lingerie, Dorothy Parker
“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.” - Dorothy Parker
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 126.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 126.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Behind Every Successful Woman, Coffee, Stephanie Piro
“Behind every successful woman...is a substantial amount of coffee.” - Stephanie Piro
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 16.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 16.
Friday, October 4, 2019
What is Important, Meaningful Life, 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.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Give a Man a Fish, Teach Him How to Fish, Zenna Schaffer
“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.” - Zenna Schaffer, happy to be off the hook.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 190.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 190.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Winning, Making the Effort, Vince Lombardi
“Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is.” - Vince Lombardi
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 19.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 19.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Books, Important, World After World, Anne Lamott
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” - Anne Lamott, in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Worry, Alzheimer's, Aids, Anita Milner
“I'm starting to worry more about getting Alzheimer's than AIDS...but for the life of me, I can't remember why.” - Anita Milner
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 55.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 55.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Poetry, Dream and Vision, Audre Lorde
"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before." - Audre Lorde
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_408960.
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_408960.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Relationship with a Redhead, Dyed my Hair, Jane Fonda
“My husband said he wanted to have a relationship with a redhead, so I dyed my hair red.” - Activist/film star Jane Fonda, capable of changing her colors at the drop of an aerobic sock.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 24.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 24.
Friday, September 27, 2019
No Man, Above the Law, Below It, Theodore Roosevelt
“No man is above the law and no man below it.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Beautifully Arranged, Someone's Fingers, Julia Childs
“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate – you know someone's fingers have been all over it.” - Julia Childs
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Make Up Horrors, Real Ones, Stephen King
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Be Free, Die, Harriet Tubman
“You'll be free or die.” - Harriet Tubman. Timorous Underground Railway passengers toughened up quick when Tubman brandished her revolver.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Injustice Anywhere, Threat to Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 14.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 14.
Sunday, September 22, 2019
My Goal, Strident, Susan Faludi
“My goal is to be accused of being strident.” - Susan Faludi
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 76.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 76.
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Greatest Lesson in Life, Even Fools, Winston Churchill
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” - Winston Churchill
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Most Women, One Man Away, Welfare, Gloria Steinem
"Most women are one man away from welfare." - Gloria Steinem
Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_105163.
Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_105163.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Brain, Uterus, Both, Patricia Schroeder
“I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.” - Patricia Schroeder, veteran Colorado congresswoman who coined the term “Teflon-coated presidency,” also known as Mom.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 54.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 54.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Old Age, Plane, Flying Through a 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 Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 21.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 21.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Moral Test of Government, Children, Elderly, Handicapped, Hubert H. Humphrey
"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." - Hubert H. Humphrey
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/hubert_h_humphrey_163688.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/hubert_h_humphrey_163688.
Monday, September 16, 2019
What Men Say, Watch What They Do, Andrew Carnegie
“As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” - Andrew Carnegie
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 42.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 42.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Change a Man's Habits, Not the Man She Married, Barbara Streisand
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?” - Singer Barbra Streisand
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 148.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 148.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Best Piece of Advice, Accept Everything About Me, Misty Copeland
“The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.” - Misty Copeland
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 56.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 56.
Friday, September 13, 2019
Definition of Maturity, Realize Someone is a Jackass, Brett Butler
“The older I get, the simpler the definition of maturity seems: it's the length of time between when I realize someone is a jackass and when I tell them that they're one.” - Brett Butler
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 76.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 76.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Gender Equation, Women's Economic Freedom, Gloria Steinem
"Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom." - Gloria Steinem
Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_690741.
Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_690741.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Price of Greatness, Responsibility, Winston Churchill
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” - Winston Churchill
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 5.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 5.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Grow Up, First Real Laugh, Ethel Barrymore
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” - Ethel Barrymore
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 74.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 74.
Monday, September 9, 2019
If It's Going to Be Done, Go Ahead, Anita Baker
“I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.” - Anita Baker
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Best Executive, Sense Enough, Self-Restraint, Theodore Roosevelt
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and enough self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Laughter, Favorite Chair, Stays, Stephen King
"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants." - Stephen King
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_106358.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_106358.
Friday, September 6, 2019
Laughter, Carbonated Holiness, Anne Lamott
“Laughter is carbonated holiness.” ― Anne Lamott
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Feel Inferior, Consent, Eleanor Roosevelt
“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 36.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 36.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
You Get Knocked Down, You Get Up, Vince Lombardi
“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 16.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 16.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Poor and Happy, Rich and Miserable, Princess Diana
“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?” - Princess Diana
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 36.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 36.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Talent, Table Salt, Hard Work, Stephen King
"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_163656.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_163656.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Change Their Party, Principles, Winston Churchill
“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.” - Winston Churchill
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Censorship, Thought Control, Pat Frank
Friday, August 30, 2019
Melting Pot, Beautiful Mosaic, Jimmy Carter
"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." - Jimmy Carter
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_158449.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_158449.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Courage, Afraid, Scared, Eddie Rickenbacker
"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eddiericke104722.html.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eddiericke104722.html.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Accept Responsibility, One's Own Life, Joan Didion
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” - Joan Didion
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 21.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 21.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Monsters, Ghosts, They Win, Stephen King
Monday, August 26, 2019
Republican Answer, Democratic Answer, Right Answer, Accept Our Own Responsibility, John F. Kennedy
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future." - John F. Kennedy
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_121400.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_121400.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
God Made Man, Do Better, Made Woman, 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.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 128.
Saturday, August 24, 2019
You Must Write, Lurk in Libraries, 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
Found on Goodreads. Click here for more Ray Bradbury quotes.
Found on Goodreads. Click here for more Ray Bradbury quotes.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Breathe That Air, Live Here, Drink That Water, Winona LaDuke
“You can change the terms, you can change the allowable limits, you can do the risk assessment – all these things – but in the end, the fact is that you and I drink that water. You and I breathe that air. You and I live here.” - Winona LaDuke
Found in The Sun, July 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Found in The Sun, July 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Man's Got to Do, Woman Must Do, Rhonda Hansome
“A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.” - Rhonda Hansome
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Hard to Fight, Outposts, Sally Kempton
“It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” - Sally Kempton
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 35.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 35.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Life, Marie of Romania, Not So Deep as a Well, 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.
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.
Monday, August 19, 2019
Consent to Creep, Impulse to Soar, Helen Keller
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” - Helen Keller
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 26.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 26.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Love, Hiding Place, Zora Neale Hurston
"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_106544.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_106544.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Truth is Proper, All Times, Frederick Douglass
“Truth is proper and beautiful at all times and in all places.” - Frederick Douglass
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Friday, August 16, 2019
Being a Bitch, All a Woman's Got to Hold on to, Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Be Critical, Women Have the Right, Tillie Olsen
“Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.” - Tillie Olsen. After twenty years of transcribing other people's words, the long-suppressed author of Silences finally found her own voice.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 13.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 13.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
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.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
No One is Born Hating, Love, Nelson Mandela
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” - Nelson Mandela
Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Monday, August 12, 2019
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.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 118.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Energy You Drew On, That's the Scary Part, You Don't Stop Being a Kid All at Once, Richie, It, Stephen King
“The energy you drew on so extravagantly when you were a kid, the energy you thought would never exhaust itself -- that slipped away somewhere between eighteen and twenty-four, to be replaced by something much duller, something as bogus as coke high: purpose, maybe, or goals, or whatever rah-rah Junior Chamber of Commerce word you wanted to use. It was no big deal; it didn't go all at once with a bang. And maybe, Richie thought, that's the scary part. How you don't stop being a kid all at once, with a big explosive bang, like one of that clown's trick balloons with the Burma-Shave slogans on the sides. The kid in you just leaked out, like the air out of a tire. And one day you looked in the mirror and there was a grownup looking back at you. You could go on wearing blue-jeans, you could keep going to Springsteen and Seger concerts, you could dye your hair, but that was a grownup's face in the mirror just the same. It all happened while you were asleep, maybe, like a visit from a Tooth Fairy.” - Stephen King, It.
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7950136-the-energy-you-drew-on-so-extravagantly-when-you-were.
Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7950136-the-energy-you-drew-on-so-extravagantly-when-you-were.
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Prolonged Slavery, Susan B. Anthony
"The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history." - Susan B. Anthony, introduction, History of Woman Suffrage
Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Well-Behaved Women, History, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 43.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 43.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Believe Absurdities, Commit Atrocities, Voltaire
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Footprints, Tiptoe, Leymah Gbowee
“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” - Leymah Gbowee
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Rainbow, Rain, Dolly Parton
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” - Dolly Parton
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 124.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 124.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Older I Get, Greater Power, Snowball, Susan B. Anthony
“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain.” - Susan B. Anthony, the formidable founding mother of 19th-century American feminism.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 66.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 66.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Macho, Mucho, Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Macho does not prove mucho.” - Zsa Zsa Gabor
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 78.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 78.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Manners, Feelings, Awareness, Emily Post
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” - Emily Post
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 177.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 177.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Love, Checkers, Man to Move, Jackie “Moms” Mabley
“Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.” - Jackie “Moms” Mabley. A Mom, but not a Mabley, at the outset of her career, the Apollo theater legend lifted her last name from Beau #1, who owed her for certain favors.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Democracy, Atticus Finch, Minorities, Jim Crow, Slavery, President Barack Obama
"...If our democracy is to work the way it should in this increasingly diverse nation, then each one of us need to try to heed the advice of a great character in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said 'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.'
"For blacks and other minority groups, that means tying our own very real struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face. Not only the refugee or the immigrant or the rural poor or the transgender American, but also the middle-aged white guy who from the outside may seem like he’s got all the advantages, but has seen his world upended by economic, and cultural, and technological change.
"We have to pay attention and listen.
"For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn’t suddenly vanish in the ’60s; that when minority groups voice discontent, they’re not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; when they wage peaceful protest, they’re not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment that our founders promised.
"For native-born Americans, it means reminding ourselves that the stereotypes about immigrants today were said, almost word for word, about the Irish, and Italians, and Poles, who it was said were going to destroy the fundamental character of America. And as it turned out, America wasn’t weakened by the presence of these newcomers; these newcomers embraced this nation’s creed, and this nation was strengthened.
"So regardless of the station we occupy; we all have to try harder; we all have to start with the premise that each of our fellow citizens loves this country just as much as we do; that they value hard work and family just like we do; that their children are just as curious and hopeful and worthy of love as our own." - President Barack Obama, January 10, 2017, part of farewell speech
"For blacks and other minority groups, that means tying our own very real struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face. Not only the refugee or the immigrant or the rural poor or the transgender American, but also the middle-aged white guy who from the outside may seem like he’s got all the advantages, but has seen his world upended by economic, and cultural, and technological change.
"We have to pay attention and listen.
"For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn’t suddenly vanish in the ’60s; that when minority groups voice discontent, they’re not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; when they wage peaceful protest, they’re not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment that our founders promised.
"For native-born Americans, it means reminding ourselves that the stereotypes about immigrants today were said, almost word for word, about the Irish, and Italians, and Poles, who it was said were going to destroy the fundamental character of America. And as it turned out, America wasn’t weakened by the presence of these newcomers; these newcomers embraced this nation’s creed, and this nation was strengthened.
"So regardless of the station we occupy; we all have to try harder; we all have to start with the premise that each of our fellow citizens loves this country just as much as we do; that they value hard work and family just like we do; that their children are just as curious and hopeful and worthy of love as our own." - President Barack Obama, January 10, 2017, part of farewell speech
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Can't Fight City Hall, Audre Lorde
“That you can't fight City Hall is a rumor being circulated by City Hall.” - Audre Lorde
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 91.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 91.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
We the People, Men Their Rights, Susan B. Anthony
"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election
"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868
First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.
"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868
First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Intelligent Woman, Marriage Contract, Consequences, Isadora Duncan
"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences." - Isadora Duncan
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_106649.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_106649.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Know the Truth, Odd, Flannery O'Connor
“You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you odd.” - Flannery O'Connor
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 88.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 88.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Chubby Hubby Ice Cream, Sidney Biddle Barrows
“Chubby Hubby ice cream – I can't say no anymore.” - Sidney Biddle Barrows, the erstwhile Mayflower Madam, on the subject of her sole remaining vice.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 21.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 21.
Friday, July 26, 2019
Most Common Way, Give Up Power, Alice Walker
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Woman, Tea Bag, Strong, Hot Water, Eleanor Roosevelt
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_127143.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_127143.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Once Wild, Tame You, Isadora Duncan
"You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you." - Isadora Duncan
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_145626.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_145626.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Too Old for Love, Comfort in Good Dinners, Zora Neale Hurston
"When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners." - Zora Neale Hurston
Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_396876.
Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_396876.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Life is Very Short, Must Be Done, Audre Lorde
"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now." - Audre Lorde
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde383487.html.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde383487.html.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
What Feminism Is, Door Mat, Prostitute, 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 door mat or a prostitute." - Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982
Found at BrainyQuote; can be viewed at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccawes128207.html.
Found at BrainyQuote; can be viewed at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccawes128207.html.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Stinking Odors, Kitchen, Stop Cooking, Erma Bombeck
“If you want to get rid of stinking odors in the kitchen, stop cooking.” - Erma Bombeck
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Courage, Afraid to Do, Scared, Eddie Rickenbacker
"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_104722.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_104722.
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Humor, Civilization, Erma Bombeck
"When humor goes, there goes civilization." - Erma Bombeck
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_131317.
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_131317.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Little Children, Allowed to Suffer, No True Love, Isadora Duncan
"So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world." - Isadora Duncan
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_163886.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_163886.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
First-Rate Version of Yourself, Second-Rate Version, Judy Garland
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” - Judy Garland
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 90.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 90.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Good Parents, Good Looks, Good Personality, Good Cash, Sophie Tucker
“From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.” - Sophie Tucker
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 9.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 9.
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Withered Rose, Faded Vow, Mr. Right, Sauerkraut, Barbara J. Petoskey
“Forget the withered rose or faded vow from Mr. Right. Love departs – but sauerkraut, once savored, stays the night.” - Barbara J. Petoskey
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Fame, Success, Madonna, Helen Keller, Erma Bombeck
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.
Friday, July 12, 2019
Don't Got It, Can't Show It, Zora Neale Hurston
"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it." - Zora Neale Hurston
Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_384229.
Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_384229.
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston
From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132635.
From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132635.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Struggle for Human Rights, Social Justice, Si Se Puede, Dolores Huerta
"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.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Always Wondered, Do Something, Somebody, Lily Tomlin
“I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized that I was somebody.” - Lily Tomlin
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 68.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 68.
Monday, July 8, 2019
Affirming Human Rights, Women and Girls, Bella Abzug
"We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence." - Bella Abzug
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688098.html
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688098.html
Sunday, July 7, 2019
All the People Worth Knowing, No Intellect, Margaret Fuller
“I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.” - Margaret Fuller. The brilliant Bostonian who wrote Women in the Nineteenth Century was a shocking exhibitionist when it came to her brain.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 7.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 7.
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Make Progress, Standing on the Sidelines, Implementing Ideas, Shirley Chisholm
“You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” - Shirley Chisholm
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 78.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 78.
Friday, July 5, 2019
Democracy, Freedom, Dissidents, Assimilated Conformists, Abbie Hoffman
"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman
Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.
Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Have to Love a Nation, Not with a Parade of Guns, Tanks, Soldiers, White House, Family Picnics, Erma Bombeck
"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." - Erma Bombeck
Found on AZ Quotes. Read more at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/513368.
Found on AZ Quotes. Read more at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/513368.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Mistakes, Action, Becoming Yourself, Anne Lamott
“You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.” - Anne Lamott
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 85.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 85.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Fighting, Sexism, Xenophobia, Climate Change, Ms. Magazine
“We are fighting for the right to live in the future. We will continue to fight against sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia and global climate change until the future is ours.” - Feminist Majoritiy Foundation East Coast Interns
From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.
From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Courage, Toughness, Guts, Little Girls, Bethany Hamilton
“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” - Bethany Hamilton
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 62.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 62.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Female President, Ova Office, Brett Butler
“A female president – maybe they'd start calling it the 'Ova Office.'” - Brett Butler
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Burn Books, Destroy a Culture, Stop Reading, Ray Bradbury
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ― Ray Bradbury
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=ray+bradbury&commit=Search.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=ray+bradbury&commit=Search.
Friday, June 28, 2019
Grab the Broom of Anger, Beast of Fear, Zora Neale Hurston
"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear." - Zora Neale Hurston
From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_158891.
From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_158891.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Triumphed Over, Cleopatra
“I will not be triumphed over.” - Cleopatra
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 46.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 46.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Who's Who, What's That, Phyllis Diller
“I never made Who's Who but I'm featured in What's That.” - Phyllis Diller
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 9.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 9.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Anything Nice to Say, Sit Next to Me, Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” - Alice Roosevelt Longworth, one of America's nastiest national institutions
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 8.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 8.
Monday, June 24, 2019
Changing the World, Big Bang, Evolution, Katie Couric
“Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you.” - Katie Couric
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Gentleman, Value, Anna Shaw
“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, 'Women have never produced anything of any value to the world.' I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” - Anna Shaw, the mouthiest minister this side of the Mississippi (or, for that matter, the other one).
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 60.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 60.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Patriot, Country, Government, Edward Abbey
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." - Edward Abbey
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/edward_abbey_169278.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/edward_abbey_169278.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, Look Ahead, Ann Richards
“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” - Ann Richards
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Commercial, Drinking Beer, Cleaning Fish, Warning, Diane Jordan
“There's a commercial where guys sit around drinking beer, cleaning fish, wiping their noses on their sleeves and saying 'It doesn't get any better than this.' That's not a commercial. That's a warning.” - Diane Jordan
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Hard Work, Wrinkles, Helena Rubinstein
“Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” - Helena Rubinstein
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 8.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 8.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Good Communication, Black Coffee, Anne Morrow Lindberg
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” - Anne Morrow Lindberg
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 82.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 82.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Fight, Ladylike, God, Women, Mary "Mother" Jones
"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.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Cleaning Your House, Shoveling the Walk, Phyllis Diller
“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is lie shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” - Phyllis Diller
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 170.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 170.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Life, Support Yourself, Katharine Hepburn
“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.” - Katharine Hepburn
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.
Friday, June 14, 2019
Politicians, Wonderful People, Working for a Living, P. J. O'Rourke
"Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living." - P. J. O'Rourke
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_617327.
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_617327.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Stifle Writers, Good Teacher, Flannery O'Connor
“Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” - Fiction-writer Flannery O'Connor
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 170.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 170.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Expectations, Do Something Remarkable, Wendy Wasserstein
“Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” - Wendy Wasserstein
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 28.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 28.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 25.
Monday, June 10, 2019
Get Angry About Things, Work, Toni Morrison
“I get angry about things, then go on and work.” - Toni Morrison
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 84.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 84.
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Book(s) Should be Banned, Indefensible, Rebecca West
"God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide." - Rebecca West
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/rebecca_west_137977 .
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/rebecca_west_137977 .
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Every Politician, Orphan, Bachelor, Lady Bird Johnson
“Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.” - Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the thirty-sixth 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 49.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 49.
Friday, June 7, 2019
No Drug, Alcohol, Ills of Society, Test Them, Stupidity, Love of Power, P. J. O'Rourke
"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." P. J. O'Rourke
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_106010.
Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_106010.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
What's Really Terrible, Second-Rate, Pretend, Doris Lessing
“What's really terrible is to pretend that second-rate is the first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do, or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.” - Doris Lessing
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Remember Anything, Happened or Not, Mark Twain
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
I Owe to Spaghetti, Sophia Loren
“Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” - La bella Sophia Loren, a walking advertisement for carbo loading.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 20.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 20.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Really Long Time, Thorn in the Side of Everything, Patti Smith
“I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.” - Patti Smith
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 77.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 77.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Do Foolish Things, Enthusiasm, Colette
QQ“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” - Colette
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 137.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 137.
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Late for Dinner, Having an Affair, Dead in the Street, Jessica Tandy
“When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street.” - Jessica Tandy, married to fellow actor Hume Cronyn for nearly on-half century, on the subject of drivng Miss Daisy completely bonkers.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 128.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 128.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Obey All the Rules, Fun, Katharine Hepburn
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” - Katharine Hepburn
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 87.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 87.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Cub, Lion, Howl, Carry Nation
“You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!” - Temperamental temperance crusader Carry Nation, utterly unsubdued by her stint in the slammer.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Curse the Darkness, Light the Candle, John F. Kennedy
"We not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future." - John F. Kennedy
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_126913 .
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_126913 .
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
No Matter the Fight, Ladylike, Mary "Mother" Jones
"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.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable, Finley Peter Dunne
"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable." - Finley Peter Dunne.
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/finley_peter_dunne.html
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/finley_peter_dunne.html
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Never Spend Your Time, Former Anything, Condoleezza Rice
“I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” - Condoleezza Rice
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Not Surprised, Margaret Knight
“I'm not surprised at what I've done.” - Margaret Knight, nineteenth-century inventor who patented more than two dozen types of heavy machinery.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 159.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 159.
Friday, May 24, 2019
Serious Daring, Within, Eudora Welty
“All serious daring starts from within.” - Eudora Welty
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 19.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 19.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Totally Objective Person, Almighty God, Antonia Fraiser
“Of course, there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except for Almight God, if she exists.” - Historian Antonia Fraiser. (And if she does exist, boy, is she pissed off.)
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 120.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 120.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Hard Women, Soft Men, Raquel Welch
“There aren't any hard women, only soft men.” - Raquel Welch, notorious both for her annoyingly firm form and her role as one-half of a transsexual character in the 1970 film Myra Breckenridge.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 180.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 180.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Books are As Important, Anything Else on Earth, Miracle, Anne Lamott
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” - Anne Lamott, in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.
Monday, May 20, 2019
No Person, Your Friend, Demands Your Silence, Alice Walker
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” - Alice Walker
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 89.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 89.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Struggle, Never-Ending Process, Freedom, Coretta Scott King
“Struggle is a never-ending process and freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” - Coretta Scott King
From The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
From The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Special Treatment, Hide the Fact That I'm a Girl, Danica Patrick
“I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?” - Danica Patrick
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Faith in Human Beings, Pearl S. Buck
“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.” - Pearl S. Buck. Her goal as a novelist was not only to entertain, but to enlighten.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 119.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 119.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Finding a Man, Ain't a Fool, Gladiola Montana
“Finding a man ain't all that hard. Finding one that ain't a fool is a lot harder.” - Gladiola Montana
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77. Unfortunately, there are fools of all genders...
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77. Unfortunately, there are fools of all genders...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Spend All Day, Beat the Machine, Political Power Structure, Bella Abzug
"I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure." - Bella Abzug
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688092.html.Ape
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688092.html.Ape
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Seat at the Table, Menu, Elizabeth Warren
“If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.” - Elizabeth Warren
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 18.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 18.
Monday, May 13, 2019
Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell, 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
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html
Sunday, May 12, 2019
One Learns, Keep Silent, Cornelia Otis Skinner
“One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.” - Cornelia Otis Skinner
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 124.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 124.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Blondes, Gentlemen, Mamie Van Doren
“It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.” - Mamie Van Doren
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 78.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 78.
Friday, May 10, 2019
An Eye for An Eye, Blind, Right Thing, Martin Luther King Jr.
"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Ache From Smiling, Expected to Beam, Queen Elizabeth II
“I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.” - Queen Elizabeth II
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Liked the Men I Loved, Loved the Men, Fanny Brice
“I never liked the men I loved, and I never loved the men I liked.” - Fanny Brice. The leading lady of Ziegfeld's Follies had a few foibles of her own.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 126.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 126.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Strong Men, Role Models, Women, Michelle Obama
“Because let's be very clear, strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.” - First lady Michelle Obama, campaigning for Clinton in October after the release of Donald Trump's Access Hollywood video.
From Ms Magazine: Winter 2016, page 6.
From Ms Magazine: Winter 2016, page 6.
Monday, May 6, 2019
You Just Do It, Force Yourself, Business of Living, Elizabeth Taylor
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other and, God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.” - Elizabeth Taylor
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Kind Words, 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.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 175.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
When All Else Fails, Stephen King
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.” ― Stephen King, 11/22/63
Friday, May 3, 2019
No Person, Rain on Your Dreams, Martin Luther King Jr.
"No person has the right to rain on your dreams." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
One Thing, Tell a Lie, Believe It, Dick Gregory
“It is one thing to tell a lie and quite another thing to believe it.” - Dick Gregory
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Someone Calls You Bossy, So Be It, Mary Barra
“If someone calls you bossy because you didn't let them push you around, so be it.” - Mary Barra
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 81.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 81.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Change a Man's Habits, Complain, Barbra Streisand
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?” - Singer Barbra Streisand
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 148.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 148.
Monday, April 29, 2019
One Damn Thing, Over and Over, Edna St. Vincent Millay
“It is not true that life is one damn thing after another – it's one damn thing over and over.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 65.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 65.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Right Man, Lucky, Deborah Kerr
“Personally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky.” - Deborah Kerr
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 102.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 102.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
We Will Remember, Words of Our Enemies, Silence of Our Friends, Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Waste Your Life, Drawing Lines, Crossing Them, Shonda Rhimes
“You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 80.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 80.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Women, Smart and Capable, Community Together, Men, Anna Quindlen
“I learned that women were smart and capable, could live in community together without men, and in fact did not need men much.” - Anna Quindlen, nun-educated essayist, on the feminist fringe benefits of attending parochial school.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Seriously, Chemist, Gertrude B. Elion
“Nobody...took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.” - Gertrude B. Elion
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 56.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 56.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
What We Need, Not Hatred, Not Violence, Love and Wisdom, Robert F. Kennedy
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.” - Robert F. Kennedy
Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.
Monday, April 22, 2019
Shakespeare, Who Do You Think There Is, Gertrude Stein
“Besides Shakespeare and me, who do you think there is?” - Writer Gertrude Stein, who loomed large in the avant-garde circles of her day, and larger still in the privacy of her own mind.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 4.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 4.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Most Common Way, Give up Their Power, Alice Walker
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Mile by Mile, Yard by Yard, Inch by Inch, Gabrielle Giffords
“Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.” - Gabrielle Giffords
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 64.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 64.
Friday, April 19, 2019
Speak, Shut Me Up, Hedda Hopper
“I wasn't allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he's gone no one has been able to shut me up.” - God-like gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. With a flick of her poisonous pen, she could write a Hollywood hopeful right out of the picture.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 11.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 11.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Familiarity, Contempt, Florence King
“Familiarity doesn't breed contempt; it is contempt.” - Florence King
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 67.
Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 67.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Politicians, Telling the Truth, Lips Move, Felicity Kendall
“There's one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth – their lips move.” - Britich actress Felicity Kendall.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 65.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 65.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Sin, Punished More Implacably by Nature, Resistance to Change, Anne Morrow Lindberg
“There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 60.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 60.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Need a Man, Ourselves, Shirley MacLaine
“I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves.” - Shirley MacLaine
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 134.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 134.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Speak to God, About Him, St. Therese of Lisieux
“I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.” - St. Therese of Lisieux, not the type to talk behind the Supreme Being's back.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page (113)
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page (113)
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Rebellious, Be Yourself, Kate Moss
“It's kind of rebellious to be yourself.” - Kate Moss
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 93.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 93.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Homosexual, Heterosexual, Headache, Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Oh, you mean I'm homosexual! Of course I am, and heterosexual too. But what's that got to do with my headache?” - Famed meter maid Edna St. Vincent Millay, whose doctor held that love between ladies led to malaise.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 42.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 42.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Remember the Ladies, Unlimited Power, Tyrants, 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.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 47.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Distrust Those People, God Wants Them to Do, Desires, Susan B. Anthony
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” - Susan B. Anthony, History of Woman Suffrage
Found on Notable Quotes, at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Found on Notable Quotes, at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Reward for Conformity, Everyone Likes You, Rita Mae Brown
“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” - Rita Mae Brown
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 16.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 16.
Monday, April 8, 2019
Didn't Belong, Differentness, Asset, Bette Midler
“I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” - Bette Midler
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 39.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 39.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Live For, 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.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 41.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Truth, Justice, Malcolm X
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." - Malcolm X
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_385966.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_385966.
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