Women, Weak, Flowers, Man, Will Rogers

"Women are not the weak, frail little flowers that they are advertised. There has never been anything invented yet, including war, that a man would enter into, that a woman wouldn't, too." - Will Rogers

Found on Quotery at http://www.quotery.com/quotes/women-are-not-the-weak-frail-little-flowers-that-they/.

Prevent Injustice, Never...Fail to 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

Life is Very Short, What We Have to Do, Now, Audre Lorde

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde383487.html.

People of Accomplishment, Let Things Happen, 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.

Oppressor's Language, Adrienne Rich

“This is the oppressor's language.” - Adrienne Rich, articulating her primary problem as a radical feminist poet.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 167.

Old Age, I Didn't Even See It Coming, Phyllis Diller

“I don't know how you feel about old age...but in my case I didn't even see it coming. It hit me from the rear.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 74.

Fight City Hall, Rumor, 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.

Best Protections, 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.

We the People, Not White Male Citizens, Women as Well as Men, 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.

Fashion Tasted, What Doesn't Itch, Gilda Radner

“I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.” - Comedian Gilda Radner

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 38.

True Measure of a Man, Freak Establishment, Respond to the Needs of Others, Philip K. Dick

“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.” ― Philip K. Dick

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4764.Philip_K_Dick.

In Hell, Messages, Answering Machines, Judy Horacek

“In hell all the messages you ever left on answering machines will be played back to you.” - Judy Horacek

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 51.

Reality, Stop Believing, Doesn't Go Away, Philip K. Dick

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4764.Philip_K_Dick.

Length of Life, Depth of Life, Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ralphwaldo101055.html.

Some Women, Excited About Nothing, Marry Him, Cher

“The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing – and then marry him.” - Cher

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 127.

Giving up Power, Alice Walker

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"

Found at http://everydaypowerblog.com/2015/12/04/alice-walker-quotes/.

Be Critical, Surface, Falsifies Reality, This Degrades, Tillie Olsen

“Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.” - Tillie Olsen. After twenty years of transcribing other people's words, the long-suppressed author of Silences finally found her own voice.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 13.

In Germany They First Came for the Communists, Martin Niemoller

"In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." - Martin Niemoller, 1945 (WW1 war hero & U Boat Captain, WW2 pastor who spent 7 years in Nazi prisons).

This is one variant of the quote by Martin Niemoller. Variations include trade unionists, social democrats, and others. We are now observing orders in the U.S. aimed at Muslims, with the false idea that all Muslims are terrorists - an idea as wrong as the idea that "all blacks are bad", "all blonds are dumb", "all ____ are _____."

You can view this and some of the variants at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller, or Google Martin Niemoller for more links.

Injustice, Threat to Justice, 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

Nature, Vacuum, Anne Gibbons

“Nature abhors a vacuum. And so do I.” - Anne Gibbons

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.

You Grow Up, Real Laugh, Ethel Barrymore

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” - Ethel Barrymore

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 154.

Amateurs, Inspiration, Work, Stephen King, On Writing

“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

Take Sides, Neutrality, Silence, 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.

American Politics, Too Dirty, Something Wrong, Edna Ferber

“If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.” - Write Edna Ferber, an ornery “old maid” who called them like she saw them.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 52.

Beat the Machine, Knock the Crap Out of The 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.

Men and Women, Suit Each Other, 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.

I Write, Do Not Have a Voice, Terrified, Taught to Respect Fear, Silence, Audre Lorde

"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde409007.html.

Good Example, Horrible Warning, Catherine Aird

“If...you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.” - Catherine Aird

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 135.

When All Else Fails, Library, Stephen King

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

Terrorize a Whole Nation, Accomplices, 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.

Finding a Man, Ain't a Fool, Gladiola Montana

“Finding a man ain't all that hard. Finding one that ain't a fool is a lot harder.” - Gladiola Montana

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77. Unfortunately, there are fools of other genders...