Change a Man's Habits, Complain, Barbra Streisand

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?” - Singer Barbra Streisand

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 148.

One Damn Thing, Over and Over, Edna St. Vincent Millay

“It is not true that life is one damn thing after another – it's one damn thing over and over.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 65.

Right Man, Lucky, Deborah Kerr

“Personally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky.” - Deborah Kerr

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 102.

We Will Remember, Words of Our Enemies, Silence of Our Friends, Martin Luther King Jr.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Waste Your Life, Drawing Lines, Crossing Them, Shonda Rhimes

“You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 80.

Women, Smart and Capable, Community Together, Men, Anna Quindlen

“I learned that women were smart and capable, could live in community together without men, and in fact did not need men much.” - Anna Quindlen, nun-educated essayist, on the feminist fringe benefits of attending parochial school.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.

Seriously, Chemist, Gertrude B. Elion

“Nobody...took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.” - Gertrude B. Elion

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 56.

What We Need, Not Hatred, Not Violence, Love and Wisdom, Robert F. Kennedy

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.” - Robert F. Kennedy

Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.

Shakespeare, Who Do You Think There Is, Gertrude Stein

“Besides Shakespeare and me, who do you think there is?” - Writer Gertrude Stein, who loomed large in the avant-garde circles of her day, and larger still in the privacy of her own mind.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 4.

Most Common Way, Give up Their 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 in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.

Mile by Mile, Yard by Yard, Inch by Inch, Gabrielle Giffords

“Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.” - Gabrielle Giffords

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 64.

Speak, Shut Me Up, Hedda Hopper

“I wasn't allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he's gone no one has been able to shut me up.” - God-like gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. With a flick of her poisonous pen, she could write a Hollywood hopeful right out of the picture.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 11.

Familiarity, Contempt, Florence King

“Familiarity doesn't breed contempt; it is contempt.” - Florence King

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

Politicians, Telling the Truth, Lips Move, Felicity Kendall

“There's one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth – their lips move.” - Britich actress Felicity Kendall.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 65.

Sin, Punished More Implacably by Nature, Resistance to Change, Anne Morrow Lindberg

“There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 60.

Need a Man, Ourselves, Shirley MacLaine

“I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves.” - Shirley MacLaine

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 134.

Speak to God, About Him, St. Therese of Lisieux

“I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.” - St. Therese of Lisieux, not the type to talk behind the Supreme Being's back.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page (113)

Rebellious, Be Yourself, Kate Moss

“It's kind of rebellious to be yourself.” - Kate Moss

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 93.

Homosexual, Heterosexual, Headache, Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Oh, you mean I'm homosexual! Of course I am, and heterosexual too. But what's that got to do with my headache?” - Famed meter maid Edna St. Vincent Millay, whose doctor held that love between ladies led to malaise.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 42.

Remember the Ladies, Unlimited Power, Tyrants, 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.

Distrust Those People, God Wants Them to Do, 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.

Reward for Conformity, Everyone Likes You, Rita Mae Brown

“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” - Rita Mae Brown

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 16.

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.

Live For, Make Life 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.

Truth, Justice, 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.

Succeed in Life, Wishbone, Backbone, Funny Bone, Reba McEntire

“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” - Reba McEntire

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 97.

Can't Fight City Hall, Rumor, 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.

Motivation, 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.

Got You the Presidency, Florence Harding

“Well, I've got you the presidency, what are you going to do with it?” - Florence Harding, wife of the twenty-ninth 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 48.

Twilight of My Career, Marina 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