Heresy of One Age, Orthodoxy, Next, Helen Keller

“The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.” - Helen Keller

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Acting, Minor of Gifts, Katharine Hepburn

“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

Women Are Foolish, Match the Men, George Eliot

“I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men.” - George Eliot

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 110.

Old Age, Plane, Storm, Golda Meir

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

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 71.

Freedom and Justice, Have Fun, Molly Ivins

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 34.

Whatever Women Do, Twice as Well, Not Difficult, 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.

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.

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.)

Involved in Any Art, Good, Lucky, Katharine Hepburn

“I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they are good – or there because they are lucky.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

Running as a Woman, Choice, Patricia Schroeder

“When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'” - 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.

Standing in the Middle of the Road, Traffic, Margaret Thatcher

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

Cock, Sun Had Risen, Crow, George Eliot

“He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.” - George Eliot

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.

Disappointed, Fail, Doomed, Don't Try, 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.

Blind with Patriotism, Wrong is Wrong, Malcolm 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.

Life, Lived, Support Yourself, Interesting, 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.

Pray, Dead, Fight, Living, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

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

Comfort, Afflicted, Confortable, 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

Fight a Battle, Win It, Margaret Thatcher

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 75.

Live For, 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.

Brevity, 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.

Significant Moral Difference, Violent Crime, Cross a Border Illegally, Madeleine K. Albright

“There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.” ― Madeleine Albright, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/63111.Madeleine_K_Albright.

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.

Own Everything, Tell Your Stories, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.

Last Tree, Cut Down, Last River, Poisoned, Money, Cree Indian Proverb/Prophecy

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

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

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/.

Rage, Writers, Water, Fish, Nikki Giovanni

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

Men and Women, Live Next Door, Katharine Hepburn

“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 105.

Life, Glorious Cycle of Song, Marie of Romania, Dorothy Parker

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Romania."

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

Hitler, Sacrificed, Seemed Authentic, Madeleine K. Albright

“Hitler lied shamelessly about himself and about his enemies. He convinced millions of men and women that he cared for them deeply when, in fact, he would have willingly sacrificed them all. His murderous ambition, avowed racism, and utter immorality were given the thinnest mask, and yet millions of Germans were drawn to Hitler precisely because he seemed authentic. They screamed, “Sieg Heil” with happiness in their hearts, because they thought they were creating a better world.” ― Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/63111.Madeleine_K_Albright.

Books, Community and Friendship, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“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, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.

Take Sides, Neutrality, Oppressor, Elie Wiesel

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/elie_wiesel.html.

Test, Progress, Abundance, Provide Enough, Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_163168.

God Made Man, Better, Adela Rogers St. Johns

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

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

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.

Whoever is Happy, Others, Anne Frank

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

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

Blame, Anyone, Wanted to Change, Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Taught to Strive, Guarantees of Success, Faith, Madeleine Albright

“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.” ― Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary: A Memoir

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/63111.Madeleine_K_Albright.

Applying Pressure, Despair, Resignation, Elie Wiesel

"It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is not an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment." - Elie Wiesel

This can be found at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/authors/elie-wiesel/.

Country, Deep Trouble, Rich Life, Serving Others, Cornel West

“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Born With Wings, Crawl, Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Many Receive Advice, Wise, Profit, Harper Lee

"Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it." - Harper Lee

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/harper_lee_119673.

An Idiot, Member of Congress, Mark Twain

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mark_twain_161288.

Contribution, Ability to Draw, Keith Haring

“My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.” - Keith Haring

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 27.

No Control, Adult Bodies, None of My Business, Supreme Court, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar

“As their dad, I have no control over their adult bodies. As their sheriff, it is absolutely none of my business. ...Shame on the Supreme Court and the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., and Austin who are attempting to impose their own supposed morals on others. They will not use my badge or the color of my office to do so. My job is chasing predators, rapists, and human traffickers, not someone exercising a right.” - Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, the father of two daughters, in a Facebook post declaring his opposition to arresting Texas women for having abortions.Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

Right on, Sheriff Salazar!

Prevent Injustice, Protest, Elie Wiesel

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel

"We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else." - Elie Wiesel

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/elie_wiesel.html

Prolonged Slavery, History, 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.

Majority Rule, Person's Conscience, Harper Lee

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 54.

Suffering Speak, Truth, Cornel West

“You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Food Stamp Recipients, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Barack Obama

"Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam733938.html

Years, Ask Questions, Answer, Zora Neal Hurston

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Love, All Things, Poverty, Toothache, Mae West

“Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.” - Mae West

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 67.

Master, Teacher, Expectations, Patricia Neal

“A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.” - Patricia Neal

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 35.

Memory, Culture, Civilization, Society, Future, Elie Wiesel

"Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future." - Elie Wiesel

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eliewiesel451199.html.

Understand a Person, Consider Things, His Point of View, 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.

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.

Labor Movement, Middle-Class Security, 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.

Empathy, Courage, Hope, 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.

Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neal Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Terrorize, Whole Nation, Edward R. Murrow

"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

Right to Vote, American People, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_403816.

Doctor, Office Plants, Erma Bombeck

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 50.

Monsters, Ghosts, They Win, Stephen King

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

Found on GoodReads. Can be viewed here.

Leave Something Behind, Change Something, Ray Bradbury

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

"It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Found on Goodreads. Click here to see this and other Ray Bradbury quotes.

Want to be Alone, Left Alone, Difference, Greta Garbo

"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference." - Greta Garbo

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/greta_garbo_388744.

Weak, Forgive, Attribute of the Strong, 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.

Forces in America, Divide Us, Must Go Forward, John Lewis

"There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there." - John Lewis

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_lewis_810342.

Nation of Sheep, Government of Wolves, Edward R. Murrow

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home." - Edward R. Murrow

Both of these can be found at Goodreads, specifically at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/178884.Edward_R_Murrow.

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.

Sit Down, Read, Educate Yourself, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mary_harris_jones_232150.

Never Doubt, Small Group, Committed Citizens, Change the World, Margaret Mead

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_mead_100502.

Freedom, Economic Security, Dictatorships, Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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

Stand Up, Speak Up, Speak Out, Help, John Lewis

"We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against. And it doesn't matter whether they are black or white, Latino, Asian or Native American, whether they are straight or gay, Muslim, Christian, or Jews." - John Lewis

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_lewis_810378.

Social Change, Brought About, Indira Gandhi

“Social change is brought about by those who dare and act, who can think unconventionally, and who can court unpopularity.” - Indira Gandhi

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 17.

Seize the Moment, Titanic, Dessert Cart, Erma Bombeck

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 42.

No Woman, Control, Margaret Sanger

“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” - Margaret Sanger

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 47.

Can, Should, Will, Stephen King

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on Goodreads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=Stephen+King&commit=Search

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.

Liberate a Woman, Liberate a Man, Margaret Mead

"Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man." - Margaret Mead

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_mead_105174.

Those Who Do the Work, Those Who Take the Credit, Indira Gandhi

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people – those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” - Indira Gandhi

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 78.

Most Powerful Woman, Element of Misogyny, Nancy Pelosi

“Every time I get introduced as the most powerful woman, I almost cry, because I wish that were not true. I so wish that we had a woman president of the United States, and we came very close to doing that. ...I do think there’s a certain element of misogyny.” - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-raning woman ever to serve in the U.S. government, speaking at her weekly news conference after Sen. Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential bid.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2020, page 6.

We the People, Male Citizens, Whole People, Women, 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.

Any Rights, Just Take Them, Sojourner Truth

“If women want any rights more than they have, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.” - Abolitionist orator Sojourner Truth. Seize the day, ladies – or shut the hell up!

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 72.

Woman, Intellectual, Non-Fiction, Theory, Discrimination, Bell Hooks

“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

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

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

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

Your Task, Love, Barriers, Rumi

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Looked at a Problem, Solving, Do Something, Hillary Clinton

“If you’ve looked at a problem that needs solving in your community and thought to yourself, ‘Someone should really do something about that!’ I’ve got some news for you: That someone could be you.” - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on National Run for Office Day, via Twitter.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Defend the Rights, Access to Care, Not Stopping Now, Cecile Richards

“We will defend the rights we've won. We'll defend access to care millions depend on. We've been doing it 100 years. We're not stopping now.” - Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, page 10.

Judgments, Compassion, Anne McCaffrey

“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” - Anne McCaffrey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 125.

Stands For Nothing, Fall For Anything, 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.

We Are Becoming, Marry, Gloria Steinem

“We are becoming the men we wanted to marry.” ― Gloria Steinem

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/57108.Gloria_Steinem.

Power of Love, Love of Power, Peace, Jimi Hendrix

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” ― Jimi Hendrix

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7268.Jimi_Hendrix.

No Change, Contemplation, Bell Hooks, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

“There is no change without contemplation.” - bell hooks, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 1992)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 98.

Take a Risk, Grow Old, Alice Walker

“Take a risk – grow old.” - Alice Walker

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.

Amateurs, Inspiration, Work, Stephen King

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Repair the Roof, Sun is Shining, John F. Kennedy

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 84.

Truth, Justice, For or Against, 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.

Any Female, Legitimate, Validate, Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

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 156.

Dance, Nobody Watching, Love, Never Be Hurt, Sing, Nobody Listening, William W. Purkey

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Imagination, Dreaming, Possibilities, Planning, Gloria Steinem

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” ― Gloria Steinem

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/57108.Gloria_Steinem.

Stupidity, Retrospect, Missed Chances, Stephen King

“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” - Stephen King

Found on https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/506731-stupidity-is-one-of-the-two-things-we-see-most.

Don't Be Reckless, Other People's Hearts, Jimi Hendrix

“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.” ― Jimi Hendrix

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7268.Jimi_Hendrix.

Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness, Racial Disparity, Striving to Achieve True Equality, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. ...The only way out of this morass – for all of us – is to stare at racial disparity unblinkingly, and then do what evidence and experts tell us is required to level the playing field and march forward together, collectively striving to achieve true equality for all Americans.” - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s majority ruling prohibiting the use of affirmative action in college admissions.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

Fear the Opinions, Tell the Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/120585.Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton.

Artist, Imagination, More Important, Knowledge, Albert Einstein

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” ― Albert Einstein

Found on Goodreads; click here.

To Live, Rarest Thing, Most People Exist, Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Women's Chains, Men, Anatomy, Estelle Ramey

"Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy." - Estelle Ramey

Found on AZ Quotes at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/597490.

Women, Inherently Passive, Peaceful, Human, Robin Morgan

“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human. ” ― Robin Morgan

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/27879.Robin_Morgan.

Knowledge Speaks, Wisdom Listens, Jimi Hendrix

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimi_hendrix_103615.

Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Public Life, Establislhments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor

“When the civil rights and women’s rights movements sought equality in public life, some public establishments refused. Some even claimed, based on sincere religious beliefs, constitutional rights to discriminate. The brave Justices who once sat on this Court decisively rejected those claims.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which held that business owners have the right under the First Amendment to refuse service to LGVTQ+ people

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

So Many Books, So Little Time, Frank Zappa

“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Selfish, Impatient, A Little Insecure, Make Mistakes, Handle Me At My Worst, Don't Deserve Me At My Best, Marilyn Monroe

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Two Things are Infinite, The Universe, Human Stupidity, Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

Found on Goodreads; click here.

Be Yourself; Already Taken, Oscar Wilde

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Disallow, Medical Care That is Accepted, Medical Association, Meaningless, Conversion Therapy, Torture, Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr

“If you disallow the use of medical care that is accepted by every major medical association … the only therapy left is either A) meaningless or B) conversion therapy, which is torture. If you are forcing a trans child to go through puberty when they are trans, that is tantamount to torture. And this body should be ashamed.” - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), the first openly transgender woman elected to the Legislature; after her forceful remaks concernings a bill (now law) that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, she was banned from the House floor by her colleagues for the remainder of the session.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2023, page 6.

Best Thing, 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.

Freedom of Expression, Offend, Salman Rushdie

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” ― Salman Rushdie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3299.Salman_Rushdie.

Democracy, Choose Wisely, Education, Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_402955.

Reject, Race, Religion, Diversity, Barack Obama

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

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_733946.

Legitimate and Validate, Existence, Giving Away Her Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

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 156.

Relationships, Commitment, Loyalty, Love, Patience, Persistence, Cornel West

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” ― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Vote, Powerful Nonviolent Change, Rep. John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020.

Stay True to Yourself, Goals, Michelle Obama

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.” - Michelle Obama

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, pages 22 – 23.

Someone Who Knows You Disappears, Lose One Version, Salman Rushdie

“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.” ― Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3299.Salman_Rushdie.

Women, Slaves, Men, Knaves, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

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

Bitterness, Coward's Revenge, Zora Neale Hurston

“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

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.

One Thing, Afraid, 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.

Sum Total, Everything, Salman Rushdie

“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come.” ― Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3299.Salman_Rushdie.

Art, Interest My People, Museums, Elizabeth Catlee

“I try to do art that will interest my people. I'm not trying to impress art critics or to do art for museums. People who run museums are millionaires and they have a whole other idea bout art.” - Elizabeth Catlee, in Washington Post, May 5, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 36.

Knowing, Solitary, Art of Loving, Escape, Bell Hooks

“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” - Bell Hooks

Found on InspiringQuotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

All Else Fails, Go to the Library, Stephen King

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.” ― Stephen King, 11/22/63

Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, 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.

Not Be Offended, Your Problem, Don't Like a Book, Read Another Book, Salman Rushdie

“Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read.

"If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots of people.

"I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.

"To read a 600-page novel and then say that it has deeply offended you: well, you have done a lot of work to be offended.” ― Salman Rushdie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3299.Salman_Rushdie.

Indulge, Vituperation, Suffering From Repression, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the strapping spokeswoman for nineteenth-century suffragists.

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

Biggest Disease, 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.

Let Suffering Speak, Hear the Truth, Cornel West

“You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

What We Do, Say, Believe, Bell Hooks

“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” - Bell Hooks

Found on InspiringQuotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Remember the Ladies, Ancestors, Unlimited Power, Tyrants, Rebellion, Abigail Adams

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

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

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

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

Fiction Reveals the Truth, Reality Obscures, Jessamyn West

“Fiction reveals the truth that reality obscures.” - Jessamyn West, author

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 75.

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.

Dance, Broken Open, Torn the Bandage Off, Perfectly Free, Rumi

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Deep Trouble, Serving Others, Courage to Question, Despair, Cornel West

“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Worse Words, Cuss-Words, Tillie Olsen

“There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.” ― Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Forgiveness and Compassion, Wrongdoing, Capacity to be Transformed, Bell Hooks

“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” - Bell Hooks

Found on InspiringQuotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Race, Equal Protection Problem, History, Traditions, Constitution, Founders, Equal, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

“I don’t think we can assume that just because race is taken into account, that that necessarily creates an equal protection problem. ...We looked at the history and traditions of the Constitution, at what the framers and the founders thought about. And when I drill down to that level of analysis, it became clear to me that the framers themselves adopted the Equal Protection Clause, the 14th, the 15th Amendment, in a race-conscious way. That we were, in fact, trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against, the freedman, during the Reconstruction period, were actually brought equal to everyone else in society.” - Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in a back-and-forth exchange with the Alabama solicitor general, who argued that the Equal Protection Clause prevents any consideration of race, even when such a consideration could remedy racial gerrymandering.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2023, page 6.

Marriage, Women, Men, Luxury, Not a Necessity, Susan B. Anthony

"Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it." - Susan B. Anthony

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_765253.

Your Task, Seek for Love, Rumi

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Trouble About Man, Learn Truths, Forgets Truths, Rebecca West

"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple." - Rebecca West

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/rebecca_west_108172.

Any Woman, Marriage, Fifty-Fifty, Men, Percentages, Flo Kennedy

“Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages.” - Flo Kennedy

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 71.

Blind with Patriotism, Wrong is Wrong, Malcolm 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.

Organize, Agitate, Educate, Susan B. Anthony

"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry." - Susan B. Anthony

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_401742.

Pipelines to Leadership, Society, Universities, Racially Diverse, Institutions, American Pluralism, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan

“These are the pipelines to leadership in our society. And if universities aren’t racially diverse, then all of those institutions are not going to be racially diverse either. ...I thought that part of what it meant to be an American and to believe in American pluralism is that actually our institutions are reflective of who we are as a people in all our variety.” - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan,in oral arguments over the constitutionality of race-abased affirmative action in college admissions.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2023, page 6.

Test of Our Progress, Abundance, Little, Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_163168.

Heart, Rebellious, Patriarchy, Mona Eltahawy

“Make your heart too rebellious for patriarchy to plant itself within you. Make your mind too free for fascism to claim your imagination.” - Mona Eltahawy

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 119.

Born With Wings, Crawl, Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Hitler, Lied Shamelessly, Convinced Millions, Willingly Sacrificed Them, Madeleine K. Albright

“Hitler lied shamelessly about himself and about his enemies. He convinced millions of men and women that he cared for them deeply when, in fact, he would have willingly sacrificed them all. His murderous ambition, avowed racism, and utter immorality were given the thinnest mask, and yet millions of Germans were drawn to Hitler precisely because he seemed authentic. They screamed, “Sieg Heil” with happiness in their hearts, because they thought they were creating a better world.” ― Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/63111.Madeleine_K_Albright.

Wealthy, Democracy, Voters, Gerrymandered, America Ferrera

"I am most concerned about the wealthy owning our democracy. [It] feels as if very real efforts to disable our democracy are underway. Between the way our rights as voters are being attacked, the way elections themselves are being gerrymandered... I really think that if we don't show up in this moment, we will [have] missed potentially our last opportunity to really check this administration." - America Ferrera, Actress and Political Activist

Found in Parade at https://parade.com/1084647/stephanieosmanski/election-voting-quotes/.

Writer, 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.

Problem That Needs Solving, Do Something, Hillary Clinton

“If you’ve looked at a problem that needs solving in your community and thought to yourself, ‘Someone should really do something about that!’ I’ve got some news for you: That someone could be you.” - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on National Run for Office Day, via Twitter.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Extreme Texas Judge, Mifepristone, Women, Scientists and Doctors, Sen. Amy Klobuchar

“One extreme Texas Judge decided Mifepristone isn’t safe for women. Seriously? Fact: Scientists and doctors reviewed it for … years and it has been legal and safe for over two decades. This opinion sets a dangerous precedent for our whole healthcare system.” - Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), responding on Twitter to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to rescind the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of misfepristone

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2023, page 6.

Honor, Supreme Court Decision, Lambasted, Samuel Alito

“I had the honor this term of writing the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders.” - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a winking reference to Dobbs during his keynote address for Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Summit.Found in Ms. Magazine Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

As if that was something to be proud of.

Special Place, Women, Help Other Women, Madeleine Albright

“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." ― Madeleine Albright (Keynote speech at Celebrating Inspiration luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, 2006)

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/63111.Madeleine_K_Albright.

Book, Banned, 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 .

Grandparents, Playlist, Barack Obama

"You wouldn't let your grandparents pick your playlist. Why would you let them pick your representative who's going to determine your future?" Barack Obama, Former U.S. President

Found from Parade at https://parade.com/1084647/stephanieosmanski/election-voting-quotes/.

Destroy, Old Prejudice, New Virtue, Mme. de Stael

“When we destroy an old prejudice we have need of a new virtue.” - Mme. de Stael

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 46

Any Woman, Intellectual, Write Non-Fiction, Theory, Discrimination, Bell Hooks

“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

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.

Want to Write, Want to Create, Most Sublime Fool, Ray Bradbury

“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next. 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. I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you. May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories — science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, 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 at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

Feminism, Sentiments, Doormat, Rebecca West

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

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

Food Stamp, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Barack Obama

"Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam733938.html

Problem, Needs Solving, Someone, You, Hillary Clinton

“If you’ve looked at a problem that needs solving in your community and thought to yourself, ‘Someone should really do something about that!’ I’ve got some news for you: That someone could be you.” - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on National Run for Office Day, via Twitter.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Scariest Moment, Start, Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads Stephen King quotes section.

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.

Real Love, Real Union, Communion, Bell Hooks

“In real love, real union, or communion there are now rules.” - bell hooks, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 1992

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 97.

Your Task, Love, Barriers, Rumi

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Press, Politics, 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.

Burn Books, 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.

Authentic Work of Art, Argument, Dame Rebecca West

“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.” - Dame Rebecca West

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 33.

Heart Too Rebellious, Patriarchy, Imagination, Mona Eltahawy

“Make your heart too rebellious for patriarchy to plant itself within you. Make your mind too free for fascism to claim your imagination.” - Mona Eltahawy

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 119.

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.

We the People, Men, Rights, Women, 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.

Courage, Virtues, Maya Angelou

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." - Maya Angelou

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=18.

Equal Rights Amendment, Justice Antonin Scalia, Constitution, Nancy Pelosi

“There are some who say the Equal Rights Amendment is not needed. To them, I quote the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who said, ‘Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It does not.’” - Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaking on the House floor in support of a joint resolution to remove the timeline on ERA ratification.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2021, page 6.

Feed on Bitterness, Nitpick, James Earl Jones

“If you feed on bitterness you can nitpick all the way to your death.” - James Earl Jones, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 1, 1990.

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 112.

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, 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.

Censorship, Thought Control, Secrecy, Darkness, Pat Frank, Alas Babylon

“Censorship and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.” ― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

Strength, Physical Capacity, Indomitable Will, Mahatma Gandhi

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=14.

Things Come Apart, Held Together, Dorothy Allison

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.” ― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5599.Dorothy_Allison.

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.

Our Dreams, Courage, Walt Disney

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=20.

Slavery and Colonialism, Women's Inequality, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

“Just as slavery and colonialism were a stain on previous centuries, women’s inequality should shame us all in the 21st. Because it is not only unacceptable; it is stupid.” - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, condemning the patriarchy in a speech on women and power.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2020, page 6.

Books, Perfect Entertainment, Stephen King

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

No One, Born Hating, Taught to 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”.

Life, Easier, More Forgiving, Stronger, More Resilient, Steve Maraboli

"Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient." - Steve Maraboli

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=10.

Never an Insult, Bad Name, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

Perfectionism, Voice of the Oppressor, Anne Lamott

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Empathy, Predicated Upon Hope, 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.

No Control, Adult Bodies, Supreme Court, Bureaucrats, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar

“As their dad, I have no control over their adult bodies. As their sheriff, it is absolutely none of my business. ...Shame on the Supreme Court and the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., and Austin who are attempting to impose their own supposed morals on others. They will not use my badge or the color of my office to do so. My job is chasing predators, rapists, and human traffickers, not someone exercising a right.” - Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, the father of two daughters, in a Facebook post declaring his opposition to arresting Texas women for having abortions.Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

Right on, Sheriff Salazar!

Hate, Love, Robin Morgan

“Hate generalizes, love specifies.” - Robin Morgan

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 120.

Write Every Single Day, 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

From Goodreads. Read more Ray Bradbury quotes here.

Never Normalize the Ending of Democracy, Tyranny, White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Color of Our Skin, Tennessee State Reps., Justin Pearson, Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson

“We can never normalize the ending of democracy. We can never normalize the tyranny of the way that these people in positions of power are operating due to white supremacy and … the patriarchy. That is what we’re up against.” - Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson (D), On being expelled from the Legislature by the House’s Republican supermajority for joining a chant with gun violence protesters in the capitol in late March, following a mass shooting at a Nashville School three days prior. Found in Ms. Magazine page 6, Summer 2023.

“It might have to do with the color of our skin.” - Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson (d), answering why she was spared from expulsion from the Legislature while Reps. Pearson and Justin Jones (D) were not. Found in Ms. Magazine page 6, Summer 2023.

Photography, Instant Out of Time, Altering Life, Dorothea Lange

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dorothea_lange_141163.

Right Minds, Pride in Their Talents, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

Hero, Ordinary Individual, Strength, Overwhelming Obstacles, Christopher Reeve

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." - Christopher Reeve

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=1.

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.

Feet, Right Place, Stand Firm, Abraham Lincoln

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=4.

Too Angry, Keep Your Mouth Shut, Nothing Will Every Change, Michelle Obama

“Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry, or that you 'should keep your mouth shut.' There will always be those who want to keep you silent, to have you be seen but not heard, or maybe they don't even want to see you at all. But those people don't know your story, and if you listen to them, then nothing will ever change.” - Former First Lady Michelle Obama, speaking to the graduating class of 2020.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020 issue, page 6.

Courage, Not the Absence of Fear, Triumph Over It, Nelson Mandela

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, activist

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by by F+W Media, Inc., page 9.

Never Too Late, Want to Be, Strength to Start Over, F. Scott Fitzgerald

"For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=3.

The Bible, One Man, Whisky Bottle, Never Learned to Live, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Enriching the Lives, Stephen King

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads' Stephen King quotes section.

Measure of a Society, How They Treat, Weakest, Most Helpless Citizens, Jimmy Carter

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/557101.

Twelve Significant Photographs, Good Crop, Ansel Adams

"Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop." - Ansel Adams

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141288.

Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Freedom and Justice, Have Fun, Be Outrageous, Molly Ivins

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 34.

Clever, Change the World, Wise, Changing Myself, Rumi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Reject, Race or Religion, Political Correctness, What Makes Us Strong, Diversity, Barack Obama

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

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_733946.

No Person, Friend, Silence, Right to Grow, 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.

Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 84.

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.

Books, Perfect Entertainment, Stephen King

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Change Things, Make a Fuss, Elizabeth Janeway

“If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.” - Elizabeth Janeway

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/4109-elizabeth-janeway.

Vote, Most Powerful Nonviolent Change Agent, John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020

Dance, Free, Rumi

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Fight, Government, Save the Environment, Ansel Adams

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." - Ansel Adams

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_161651.

Known Joy, Pain, Friendship, Served and Been Served, Zora Neale Hurston

“I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

No Man, Good Enough, Govern Any Woman, Susan B. Anthony

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." - Susan B. Anthony

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_399720.

Agonize, Organize, Florynce Kennedy

“Don't agonize. Organize.” - 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.

Any Human Relationship, Motherhood, Instantly Interruptible, Tillie Olsen

“More than in any human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible. It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity.” ― Tillie Olsen, Silences

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Born With Wings, Crawl, Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Humor, Antidote to Isolation, Elizabeth Janeway

“Humor is an antidote to isolation.” - Elizabeth Janeway

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/4109-elizabeth-janeway.

Bitterness, Coward's Revenge, Zora Neale Hurston

“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Message, Above the Law, Tarana Burke, Fatima Goss Graves, Al-Jen Poo, Monica Ramirez, #MeToo Movement

“The verdict sends a resound message. ...To perpetrators, it is proof that no one is above the law, not even those with power, money or visibilty.” - #MeToo Movement leaders Tarana Burke, Fatima Goss Graves, Al-Jen Poo and Monica Ramirez, in a statement released after a New York jury found once-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault and third-degree rape.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2020, page 6.

Most Powerful Woman, Misogyny, Nancy Pelosi

“Every time I get introduced as the most powerful woman, I almost cry, because I wish that were not true. I so wish that we had a woman president of the United States, and we came very close to doing that. ...I do think there’s a certain element of misogyny.” - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-raning woman ever to serve in the U.S. government, speaking at her weekly news conference after Sen. Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential bid.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2020, page 6.

Hold Each Other Accountable, Standing Up Against Racism, Discrimination, Dayonna Carson

“We need to hold each other accountable for standing up against racism and discrimination of any kind. We must not let the progress of our ancestors have been in vain.” - High school senior Dayonna Carson during her valedictorian speech at Central High School in Chattanooga, Tenn.; the school’s administrators turned off her mic as she finished her speech with “No justice, no peace”.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 6.

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.

Justice, What Love Looks Like, Public, Cornel West

“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

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.

Black Woman Writer, Bell Hooks

“No black woman writer in this culture can write 'too much.' Indeed, no woman writer can write 'too much.'...No woman has ever written enough.” - Bell Hooks

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.

Nogogo, Grandma, Same Amount of Money, Same Kind of Work, Same Kind of Training, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

“I want, in a few years, in my lifetime, to have my child and my grandchildren say to me, ‘Nogogo (which means “grandma” in my language), is it true that moms and dads did not get the same amount of money when they were doing the same kind of work with the same kind of training?’ And I would say, ‘Yes,’ and they’d say, ‘No, Nogogo, you’re joking, that can’t be true,’ because it would sound so impossible to our grandchildren.” - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of U.N. Women, at the G7 ministerial meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Paris.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Test, Hold a Job, Chromosomes, Bella Abzug

“The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.” - Bella Abzug, three-term U.S. Congresswoman from New York, known both for the unconventional contents of her cranium and her penchant for placing ladylike chapeaux on it.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 55.

Can't Say Anything Good, Sit Right Here, Alice Roosevelt Longsworth

“If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.” - Alice Roosevelt Longsworth

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 47.

Leave Something Behind, Ray Bradbury

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

"It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Found on Goodreads. Click here to see this and other Ray Bradbury quotes.

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.

Majority Rule, Person's Conscience, Harper Lee

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 54.