"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.
Monday, January 31, 2022
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Landscape Photography, Supreme Test, Ansel Adams
"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment." - Ansel Adams
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141286.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141286.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Women, Only Group, More Radical, Gloria Steinem
“Women may be the only group that grows more radical with age.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 44.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 44.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Cups, Being Filled, Ray Bradbury
“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” ― Ray Bradbury
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Silent About Your Pain, Zora Neale Hurston
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ― Zora Neale Hurston
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Forget What You Said, Forget What You Did, Made Them Feel, Maya Angelou
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 53.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 53.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Photograph Truthfully and Effectively, See Beneath the Surfaces, Ansel Adams
"To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things." - Ansel Adams
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141282.
Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141282.
Monday, January 24, 2022
Loses Even a Single Right, Judith Jamison
“If anyone loses even a single right, we risk losing them all.” - Judith Jamison, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1990
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 107.
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 107.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Best Index, Person's Character, Treats People, Abigail Van Buren
“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back” - Abigail Van Buren
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 55.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 55.
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Noble Deeds, Hot Baths, Dodie Smith
“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” - Dodie Smith
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 15.
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 15.
Friday, January 21, 2022
Shake Hands, Clenched Fist, Indira Gandhi
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” - Indira Gandhi
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 39.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 39.
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Take a Chance, Success Comes with Failure, Tyrone "Mugsy" Bogues
“Take a chance. If you fail that's alright. Success comes with failure...I have certainly had my failures, my disappointments. That's when you really appreciate success. You know what it takes to get there and to sustain it.” - Tyrone “Mugsy” Bogues, in In the Land of Giants, 1994
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 22.
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 22.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
If You Want, Listen, Gloria Steinem
“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page97.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page97.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Youth-Oriented Society, Joke, Dorothy Fuldheim
“This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover.” - Dorothy Fuldheim
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 21.
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 21.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Tendency, Obscure the Forest, Trees, Christiane Collange
“...we have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.” - Christiane Collange
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Can't Live Where I Want To, Paint As I Wanted To, Georgia O'Keeffe
“One day I found myself saying to myself, 'I can't live where I want to. I can't even say what I want to! I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.'” - Georgia O'Keeffe
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 61.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 61.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Be Bold, Make an Error, Billie Jean King
“Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.” - Billie Jean King
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.
Friday, January 14, 2022
Voting Booth, Equal, Gloria Steinem
“The voting booth is the one place on earth where the least powerful and the most powerful are equal.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 24.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 24.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
You Have to Pick the Places, Joan Didion
“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.” ― Joan Didion
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Empathy, Most Radical, Human Emotions, Gloria Steinem
“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 96.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 96.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Ignorance, Expensive, Octavia Butler
“Ignorance is expensive.” - Octavia Butler, in Essence, May 1989.
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 31.
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 31.
Monday, January 10, 2022
All Things Are Possible, Proved Impossible, Pearl S. Buck
“All things are possible until they are proved impossible – even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” - Pearl S. Buck
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 37.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 37.
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Dependent Children, Welfare, Gloria Steinem
“If they have dependent children, many women are one man away from welfare.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 36.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 36.
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Empathy, Others Are Going Through, Courage, Do Something About It, Cornel West
“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Tell Ourselves Stories, Live, Joan Didion
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” ― Joan Didion, The White Album
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Birth, Sex, Limit to Genius, Charlotte Bronte
“Neither birth nor sex forms a limit to genius.” - Charlotte Bronte
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Cannot Be An Optimist, Prisoner of Hope, Cornel West
“I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” ― Cornel West
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Want to be a Writer, Two Things, Read a Lot, Write a Lot, Stephen King
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ― Stephen King
Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.
Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.
Monday, January 3, 2022
No Man, Liberal, Radical, Conservative Advocate, Unpaid or Underpaid Labor, Gloria Steinem
“No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in any way of the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home or in the workplace.” - Gloria Steinem
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 64.
Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 64.
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Wake Up One Morning, Got It, Moms Mabley
“You just wake up one morning, and you got it!” (on old age) – Moms Mabley
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 23.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 23.
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Life Changes, Ordinary Instant, Joan Didion
“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.
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