Importance of Our Voices, We Are Silenced, Malala Yousafzai

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” - Malala Yousafzai

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 13.

Twilight of My Career, Most People, Martina Navratilova

“I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.” - Martina Navratilova, a tennis pro for all seasons (not to mention all hours of the day).

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 6.

Working Mother, Redundant, Jane Sellman

“The phrase 'working mother' is redundant.” - Jane Sellman

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

Give Me, Sword, Oveta Hobby

“Give me my sword.” - Oveta Hobby, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a colonel nobody wanted to cross.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 156.

Common Misconception, Strong Women, Nice Gestures, Nicole Curtis

“A common misconception about strong women is that we don't need the hand-holding, the flowers, and the nice gestures, and what I've found to be true is that it's the strong women who want it the most.” - Nicole Curtis

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 33.

Archaeologist, Best Husband, Agatha Christie

"An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: The older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie.

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor

Not Normal Times, Extraordinary Times, Dan Rather

"These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures." - Dan Rather

From his post on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10158087282405716.

Courage, Afraid, Eddie Rickenbacker

"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eddiericke104722.html.

End of the Day, We Can Endure, Frida Kahlo

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” - Frida Kahlo

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 32.

Any Girl, Glamorous, Stand Still, Look Stupid, Hedy Lamarr

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” - Hedy Lamarr. A much-coveted propert pursuant to her elegantly unclad performance in the 1933 film Ecstasy; lovely Lamarr was smarter than she looked.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 25.

Thoughts, No Sex, Clare Booth Luce

“Thoughts have no sex.” - Clare Booth Luce

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 111.

Wonderful Solution, End All Wars, Erma Bombeck

“I have just come up with a wonderful solution to end all wars – let men give directions on how to get there.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 127.

Woman with a Voice, Strong Woman, Melinda Gates

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” - Melinda Gates

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

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.

War is Wretched, Fool, Fraud, John McCain

“War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.” - John McCain

Found in the Los Angeles Times, at http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-mccain-memorable-quotes-20180826-story.html.

Choose to do Great Things, Oprah Winfrey

“Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.” - Oprah Winfrey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 162.

You Can't Control, Comfortable, Helen Mirren

“You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.” - Helen Mirren

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 98.

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.

Pray for the Dead, Fight, 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

Lie Habitually, Way of Life, Unconscious, Adrienne Rich

“To lie habitually, as a way of life, is to lose contact with the unconscious. It is like taking sleeping pills, which confer sleep but blot out dreaming. The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else.” - Adrienne Rich

From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”

Nice in Life, Nerve, Georgia O'Keeffe

“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 55.

Successful Woman, Coffee, Stephanie Piro

“Behind every successful woman...is a substantial amount of coffee.” - Stephanie Piro

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 16.

Imagine it Possible, Rita Dove

"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible." — Rita Dove, first African-American poet laureate of the U.S.

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=8.

Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Backwards, High Heels, Ann Richards

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” ― Ann Richards

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30204-after-all-ginger-rogers-did-everything-that-fred-astaire-did.

Less Talk, Preaching Point, Meeting Point, Mother Teresa

“There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 115.

Don't Apologize, What You Deserve, Mika Brzezinski

“Don't apologize for asking for what you deserve.” - Mika Brzezinski

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 42.

Believe Absurdities, Commit Atrocities, Voltaire

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire

Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”

God Made Man, Made Woman, 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.

You Grow Up, Laugh at Yourself, 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.

Large Families, Three Husbands, Zsa Zsa Gabor

“I believe in large families; every woman should have at least three husbands.” - Entertainer Zsa Zsa Gabor. No hypocrite, she, glamorous Gabor set up housekeeping with eight different guys (though not, of course, simultaneously).

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 82.

My Conscience, You Can't Fail, Anita Hill

“I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.” - Anita Hill

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 9.