Distrust Those People, God, Desires, Susan B. Anthony

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” - Susan B. Anthony, History of Woman Suffrage

Found on Notable Quotes, at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Bars, City Rooms, Newspeople, Molly Ivins

“In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 100.

Couldn't Talk, Gracie Allen

“When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half.” - Gracie Allen

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 96.

Personal Ads, Lying, Hallucinating, Rita Rudner

“Personal ads are dangerous. You have to separate the ones who are lying from the ones who are hallucinating.” - Rita Rudner

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 90.

Consent to Creep, 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.

Woman Must Not Accept, Margaret Sanger

"Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression." — Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

Found on Brainyquote.com, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_sanger.html.

When Cats Aren't Happy, Penny Ward Moser

“When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.” - Penny Ward Moser

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 8.

Didn't Belong, Differentness, Asset, Bette Midler

“I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” - Bette Midler

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 39.

Mother, Advice, Getting Advice, Erma Bombeck

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." - Erma Bombeck

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/erma_bombeck.html

Don't Give Up Trying, Love, Inspiration, Ella Fitzgerald

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.

Good Communication, Black Coffee, Sleep, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” - Anne Morrow Linbergh

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 82.

Hero, Our Story, Mary McCarthy

“We are the hero of our own story.” - Mary McCarthy

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 36.

Nation of Immigrants, Strangers, Barack Obama

"My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too." - Barack Obama

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam677261.html

How Much, True, Bette Midler

“I never know how much of what I say is true.” - Bette Midler

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 125. It almost sounds like certain people in high places...

Inferior, Consent, Eleanor Roosevelt

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 36.

Nation of Sheep, Defend Freedom, 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.

Dreaming, Imagination, 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, American journalist and political activist

Found at Brainy Quote; can be viewed here.

Go to the Library, Stephen King

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

Found in Goodreads Stephen King quotes section.

Scariest Moment, 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.

Hard-working Americans, Publicity, Elect, Lily Tomlin

“Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 92.

Growing Old, Irene Meyer Selznick

“I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.” - Irene Meyer Selznick

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 1.

Doctor, Dead 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.

Imagination, Creativity, Curiosity, Mae C. Jemison

"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." — Mae C. Jemison, first African-American woman astronaut

Found at http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/mae_jemison.htm and http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=10.

Something to Eat, Love, Sermon on How to Behave, Billie Holiday

“You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.” - Billie Holiday

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 123.

Fight(ing) City Hall, Audre Lorde

“That you can't fight City Hall is a rumor being circulated by City Hall.” - Audre Lorde

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 91.

We the People, Men their Rights, Women Their Rights, Susan B. Anthony

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election

"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868

First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.

Injustice, Protest, Elie Wiesel, Despair, Working and Doing for Somebody Else

"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

Calendar, Time, Marilyn Monroe

“I've been on a calendar but never on time.” - Marilyn Monroe

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 123.

Penalties, Politics, Governed by your Inferiors, Plato

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato

"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." - Plato

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/plato.htmlhttps://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/plato.html.

Making up one's mind, Diminishing Fear, Rosa Parks

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." — Rosa Parks, African-American civil rights activist

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=4.

Not Despair, Roll Up Our Sleeves, Fight, Sen. Kamala Harris

“We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.” - Sen.-Elect Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Note: Sen. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine; she is now Senator from California.

Motivation, Dreams, Work Clothes, Benjamin Franklin

“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.” — Benjamin Franklin

Found at http://www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/6240-motivation-is-when-your-dreams-put-on-work.

People of Accomplishment, Happened to Things, Elinor Smith

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” - Elinor Smith

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 23.

If it's going to be done..., Anita Baker

“I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.” - Anita Baker

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.

Injustice Anywhere, Martin Luther King Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.

From http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/31-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-to-inspire-greatness-in-you.html