Woman, Succeed, Clare Boothe Luce

"Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes.' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'" - Clare Boothe Luce

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/clare_boothe_luce.html.

Kids, That I Know About, Carol Leifer

“I don't have any kids. Well...at least none that I know about.” - Carol Leifer

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 87.

Strong Woman, Not to be Done, Marge Piercy

“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to be done.” - Marge Piercy

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.

Joanna Come Lately, Outside, Bella Abzug

“I'm no Joanna come lately, believe me, I've been here all along – outside.” - Bella Abzug, on being elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1971; 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.

Think, Question Authority, Timothy Leary

"Think for yourself and question authority." - Timothy Leary

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/timothylea378747.html.

Woman, Not Accept, Challenge, 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.

Love is Moral, Legal Marriage, Ellen Key

“Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.” - Ellen Key, professional provocateur. Not surprisingly, her ultra-Swedish social theories had many of her 19th-century contemporaries sweating in their saunas.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 83.

Can't Move Mountains, Whispering, Pink

“You can't move mountains by whispering at them.” - Pink

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 102.

Marriage, Lasting Institution, Five Years, Forever, Lauren Bacall

“I never believed marriage was a lasting institution...I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.” - Love interest Lauren Bacall, who endured an eternity of wedded bliss (well, okay, twelve years) with Bogie until death did them part.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 77.

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

Injustice Anywhere, Justice Everywhere, 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

Ultimate Measure, Comfort and Convenience, Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Too Many Fantasies, Housewife, Marilyn Monroe

“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife...I guess I am a fantasy.” - Marilyn Monroe.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 27.

One's Mind is Made Up, Diminishes 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

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 10.

Well-Behaved Women, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 43.

Life, Short, 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.

What is Important, Being of Service, Dalai Lama

"What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t do that, at least not harming them." - Dalai Lama, on Twitter.

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.

Prejudices, Education, Charlotte Bronte

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 94.

Communist Country, Queen, Stella Adler

“I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen.” - Stella Adler, Methodic mentor to big screen kings Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty and Robert De Niro. (“If she were a character in a Greek Play, “ one interviewer concluded, “ her flaw would be hubris.”)

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 5.

Women with Money, Women in Power, Uncomfortable Ideas, Candace Bushnell

“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.” - Candace Bushnell

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.

Where it Would Lead, Had to be Done, Betty Friedan

“We couldn't possibly know where it would lead, but we knew it had to be done.” - Faith-full Betty Friedan, the big mama who blew the whistle on the feminine mystique.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 68.

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.

Don't Compromise Yourself, Janis Joplin

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 34.

Happy-Face Conclusions, Truth, Elizabeth Warren

“I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.” - Elizabeth Warren

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 3.

Men, Running for President, Date, Nora Ephron

“As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.” - Nora Ephron

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

Really Strong Woman, Accepts, Scars, Carly Simon

“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” - Carly Simon

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 59.

Fightin' for Freedom, Justice, Laughter, 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.

Hard to Fight, Outposts in Your Head, Sally Kempton

“It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” - Sally Kempton

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

Burn Books, Destroy a Culture, Stop Reading Them, 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.

Strongest, Most Talented, Most Competitive, Pat Summit

“You can't always be the strongest or most talented person in the room, but you can be the most competitive.” - Pat Summit

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 14.