Obey All the Rules, Fun, Katharine Hepburn

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 87.

Cub, Lion, Howl, Carry Nation

“You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!” - Temperamental temperance crusader Carry Nation, utterly unsubdued by her stint in the slammer.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.

Curse the Darkness, Light the Candle, John F. Kennedy

"We not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future." - John F. Kennedy

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_126913 .

No Matter the Fight, Ladylike, Mary "Mother" Jones

"No matter the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." - Militant labor organizer Mary "Mother" Jones, one mean maternal unit to mess with.

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

Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable, Finley Peter Dunne

"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable." - Finley Peter Dunne.

Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/finley_peter_dunne.html

Never Spend Your Time, Former Anything, Condoleezza Rice

“I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” - Condoleezza Rice

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.

Not Surprised, Margaret Knight

“I'm not surprised at what I've done.” - Margaret Knight, nineteenth-century inventor who patented more than two dozen types of heavy machinery.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 159.

Serious Daring, Within, Eudora Welty

“All serious daring starts from within.” - Eudora Welty

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 19.

Totally Objective Person, Almighty God, Antonia Fraiser

“Of course, there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except for Almight God, if she exists.” - Historian Antonia Fraiser. (And if she does exist, boy, is she pissed off.)

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 120.

Hard Women, Soft Men, Raquel Welch

“There aren't any hard women, only soft men.” - Raquel Welch, notorious both for her annoyingly firm form and her role as one-half of a transsexual character in the 1970 film Myra Breckenridge.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 180.

Books are As Important, Anything Else on Earth, Miracle, Anne Lamott

“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” - Anne Lamott, in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.

No Person, Your Friend, Demands Your Silence, Alice Walker

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” - Alice Walker

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 89.

Struggle, Never-Ending Process, Freedom, Coretta Scott King

“Struggle is a never-ending process and freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” - Coretta Scott King

From The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”

Special Treatment, Hide the Fact That I'm a Girl, Danica Patrick

“I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?” - Danica Patrick

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.

Faith in Human Beings, Pearl S. Buck

“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.” - Pearl S. Buck. Her goal as a novelist was not only to entertain, but to enlighten.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 119.

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 all genders...

Spend All Day, Beat the Machine, 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.Ape

Seat at the Table, Menu, Elizabeth Warren

“If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.” - Elizabeth Warren

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 18.

Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

One Learns, Keep Silent, Cornelia Otis Skinner

“One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.” - Cornelia Otis Skinner

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 124.

Blondes, Gentlemen, Mamie Van Doren

“It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.” - Mamie Van Doren

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 78.

An Eye for An Eye, Blind, Right Thing, Martin Luther King Jr.

"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Ache From Smiling, Expected to Beam, Queen Elizabeth II

“I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.” - Queen Elizabeth II

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 15.

Liked the Men I Loved, Loved the Men, Fanny Brice

“I never liked the men I loved, and I never loved the men I liked.” - Fanny Brice. The leading lady of Ziegfeld's Follies had a few foibles of her own.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 126.

Strong Men, Role Models, Women, Michelle Obama

“Because let's be very clear, strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.” - First lady Michelle Obama, campaigning for Clinton in October after the release of Donald Trump's Access Hollywood video.

From Ms Magazine: Winter 2016, page 6.

You Just Do It, Force Yourself, Business of Living, Elizabeth Taylor

“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other and, God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.” - Elizabeth Taylor

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.

Kind Words, Endless, Mother Teresa

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 175.

When All Else Fails, Stephen King

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

No Person, Rain on Your Dreams, Martin Luther King Jr.

"No person has the right to rain on your dreams." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

One Thing, Tell a Lie, Believe It, Dick Gregory

“It is one thing to tell a lie and quite another thing to believe it.” - Dick Gregory

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

Someone Calls You Bossy, So Be It, Mary Barra

“If someone calls you bossy because you didn't let them push you around, so be it.” - Mary Barra

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 81.