"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.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Make More Friends, Interested in Other People, Dale Carnegie
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 99.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 99.
Friday, January 29, 2021
Press, Watching Politics, Public Office, Public Capacity, 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.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
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.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Best Thing, Couple Married for Fifty Years, Grown Nearsighted Together, Linda Fiterman
“The best thing that can happen to a couple married for fifty years or more is that they both grow nearsighted together.” - Linda Fiterman
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 13.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 13.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Dreamer, Find His Way by Moonlight, Dawn, Oscar Wilde
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” - Oscar Wilde, author, playwright
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 50.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 50.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Sustained Outrage, Authority, Molly Ivins
“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Monsters are Real, Ghosts are Real, Stephen King
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Win a War, Win an Earthquake, Jeanette Rankin, Non-Violence, Violence, Joan Baez
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” - Jeanette Rankin
“Non-violence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.” - Joan Baez
Both found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 127.
“Non-violence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.” - Joan Baez
Both found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 127.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Weep With Their Whole Heart, Know How to Laugh, Golda Meir
“Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.” - 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.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Spread the Wealth, Good for Everybody, Barack Obama
"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody." - Barack Obama
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409183.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409183.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Don't Worry About Tomorrow, Yiddish Folk Saying
“Don't worry about tomorrow; who knows what will befall you today?” - Yiddish folk saying
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 31.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 31.
Monday, January 18, 2021
High Destiny, Serve, Albert Einstein
“The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.” - Albert Einstein
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 88.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 88.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Stands for Nothing, Malcolm X
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." - Malcolm X
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_379121.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_379121.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Brain, Uterus, 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.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Certain Age, Aching in Every Joint, Tommy Mein
“After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.” - Tommy Mein
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 80.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 80.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Middle Age, Better in the Morning, Laurence J. Peter
“Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.” - Laurence J. Peter
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 9.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 9.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Problems, Man-Made, John F. Kennedy
“Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man.” - John F. Kennedy
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 28.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 28.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Blind with Patriotism, Reality, Wrong is Wrong, Malcom X
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_390503.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_390503.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Avoiding Danger, Not Safe, Helen Keller
“Avoiding danger is not safe in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” - Helen Keller
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 4.
Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 4.
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Woo Woo, Riding in an Ambulance, Helen Ksypka
“As an eighty-year-old woman, I only hear 'woo, woo' when I'm riding in an ambulance.” - Helen Ksypka
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 15.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 15.
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Three Types of People, Make it Happen, Watch it Happen, What the Heck Happened, Ray Akins
“There are three types of people in this world: there are those that make it happen; there are those that watch it happen; and then there are those that woke up one day and say 'What the heck happened?' So which one are you?” - Ray Akins, champion high-school football coach, grandfather of Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints' QB
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 42.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 42.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Labor Movement, Minimum Wage, Social Security, Middle-Class, Barack Obama
"It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label." - Barack Obama
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_412572.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_412572.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Whatever Women Do, Twice as Well, Half as Good, Charlotte Whittons
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” - Charlotte Whittons, mathematically gifted mayor of Ottawa.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 189.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 189.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
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.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Beautiful is Good, Sappho
“What is beautiful is good,/and who is good will soon be beautiful.” - Sappho
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 43.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 43.
Monday, January 4, 2021
Live Simply, Simply Live, Mother Teresa
“Live simply so others may simply live.” - Mother Teresa
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 139.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 139.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Youth, Ideal State, Later in Life, Lord Asquith
“Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.” - Lord Asquith
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 1.
Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 1.
Saturday, January 2, 2021
No Race Can Prosper, Dignity, Booker T. Washington
“No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” - Booker T. Washington
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 111.
Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 111.
Friday, January 1, 2021
All Great And Honorable Actions, Great Difficulties, Answerable Courage, William Bradford
“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.” - William Bradford, second governor of Plymouth Colony and author of Of Plymouth Plantation
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 14.
Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 14.
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