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.

Loneliness, Being Unwanted, Most Terrible Poverty, Mother Teresa

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.

Being a Bitch, Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.” ― Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne

Found on GoodReads. Read more here.

Smart and Capable, Live in Community Together, 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.

Virtues, Dangers, Shared Laughter, Francoise Sagan

“One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.” - Francoise Sagan

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 84.

Being a Woman, Dealing with Men, Joseph Conrad

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men." - Joseph Conrad

Found on Brainy Quote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephconr105151.html.

No Great Things, Small Things, Great Love, Mother Teresa

“We can do no great things – only small things with great love.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 96.

Something to Eat, Love in Your Life, How to Behave, Billie Holiday

“You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.” - Billie Holiday

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 123.

Censorship, Thought Control, Pat Frank

“Censorship and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.” ― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

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.

Male Gynecologist, Auto Mechanic, Carrie Snow

"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car." - Carrie Snow

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/carrie_snow_108544.

Shallow and Arrogant, Self-Made, Notable Achievements, Walt Disney

“It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.” - Walt Disney

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 63.

Guns, Constitutional Amendment, Women, Eleanor Smeal

“Just think – guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.” - Hotshot Eleanor Smeal, president of NOW from 1977 to 1987.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 71.

Every Old Person, Younger Person, Cora Harvey Armstrong

"Inside every old person is a younger person wondering 'What the hell happened?'” - Cora Harvey Armstrong

Found on https://www.quotery.com/authors/ at https://www.quotery.com/authors/cora-harvey-armstrong.

Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible with make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 84.

Not Despair, Overwhelmed, Fight, Sen. Kamala Harris

“We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.” - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Note: Sen. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine; she is now Senator from California.

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.

Glamour, Civilized, Dorothy Lamour

“Glamour is just sex that got civilized.” - Sarong-clad siren Dorothy Lamour. Fittingly, one of dishy Dottie's wrap-arounds wound up in the hoity-toity Smithsonian.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 38.

If Passion Drives You, Benjamin Franklin

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” - Benjamin Franklin

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 49.

Sorrow's Kitchen, Wrapped in Rainbows, Zora Neale Hurston

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.

End of the Day, 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.

Understand a Person, Point of View, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

The Weak, Never Forgive, Attribute, Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 80.

One Quality Worse, Hardness of Heart, Softness of Head, Theodore Roosevelt

“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 11.

Date Which Will Live in Infamy, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt on the morning after the Pearl Harbor attack

I wanted to post this to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, which "helped shape the course of World War II."

Found on Pearl Harbor Warbirds at https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/12-powerful-pearl-harbor-quotes/.

Idealists, Throw Caution to the Winds, Emma Goldman

“Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.” - Emma Goldman

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 24.

Lie Habitually, Way of Life, Lose Contact, Sleeping Pills, Truth, 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”

Breast Cancer, Surgery, Golden Retriever, Linda Ellerbee

On her breast cancer: “A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prothesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling 'Hey, come back here with my breast!'” - Linda Ellerbee

Sometimes it helps if you can laugh at yourself during the rough times.

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

Got What I Have, Knowing the Right Time, Leslie Caron

“I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.” - Leslie Caron.

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

Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, Never Look Back, Ann Richards

“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” - Ann Richards

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.

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”.

Terribly Shy, Neither Would I, Carol Channing

“I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.” - Carol Channing. Shy, perhaps, but scarcely retiring: in her eighth decade of life, Hello Dolly is still a happening thing.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 14.

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.

Biggest Disease Today, Feeling of Being Unwanted, Mother Teresa

“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.

Special Treatment, 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.

Cautious, Careful People, Effect a Reform, Susan B. Anthony

“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputations can never effect a reform.” - Susan B. Anthony

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

Freedom of Speech, Dumb and Silent, George Washington

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” - George Washington

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 66.

Just Do It, One Foot Before the Other, You Fight, 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.

When All Else Fails, Stephen King

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

Curse the Darkness, Light the Candle, Safe and Sane Future, John F. Kennedy

"We are 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 .

Firmly Believe, 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.

Heart of a Fool, Mouth of a Wise Man, Benjamin Franklin

“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.” - Benjamin Franklin

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 48.

Six-Word Formula, Success, Eddie Rickenbacker

"I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through." - Eddie Rickenbacker

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_616679.

Liked the Men I Loved, Loved the Men I Liked, 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.

One Damn Thing After Another, 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.

When We Speak, Heard or Welcomed, Better to Speak, Audre Lorde

"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." - Audre Lorde

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_392663.

Believe You Are Defeated, Become a Fact, Norman Vincent Peale

“Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.” - Norman Vincent Peale

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 28.

Nice in Life, Have 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.

Nothing is Impossible, I'm Possible, Audrey Hepburn

“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible.'” - Audrey Hepburn

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 11.

Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, You Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

Nothing Pains Some People, Think, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 12.

Remember the Ladies, Ancestors, Unlimited Power, Men, 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.

To Be Conscious, Ignorant, Knowledge, Benjamin Disraeli

"To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge." - Benjamin Disraeli

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_130754.

Hear a Man, Advice, Marriage, Career, Gloria Steinem

“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 129.

Being Powerful, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 76.

Press, Dangerous and Stupid Path, Politics, Public Office, Molly Ivins

“The press went tearing off down a very dangerous and stupid path in '88 when they wrote about Hart's affairs. After twenty-five years of watching politics I have never been able to cite any correlation whatever between who these guys screw and how they perform in public office. The question is who they screw in their public capacity.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.

Best Prize, Chance to Work Hard, Theodore Roosevelt

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.

Too Extreme, Social Ills, Emma Goldman

“One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; besides, the extreme thing is generally the true thing.” - Emma Goldman. Often arrested for anarchy, “Red Emma” had plenty of solitary time to contemplate the numerous sins of the state.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 51.

Power, One Duty, Social Welfare, Benjamin Disraeli

"Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People." - Benjamin Disraeli

Found on BrainyQuote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_154171.

Fanatic, Can't Change His Mind, Won't Change the Subject, Winston Churchill

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” - Winston Churchill

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 8.

Monsters, Ghosts, Sometimes, They Win, Stephen King

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads. Can be viewed here.

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”

What I've Lost, What I Have Left, Betty Ford

“I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.” - Betty Ford

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 7.

Don't Give Up Trying, Love and Inspiration, Ella Fitzgerald

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.

Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, 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.

One Thing, People were Afraid of, Black Woman, Caricature, Michelle Obama

"The one thing they knew people were afraid of was the strength of a black woman. So they turned that into a caricature." - former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Essence Festival in New Orleans in Juyl, reflecting on the attacks she faced when her husband was in office.

From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.

Biggest Sin, Sitting, Florynce Kennedy

“The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.” - Fleet-tongued Florynce Kennedy. Fortunately, the Ur-activist of the Sixties and Seventies seldom stayed down in the dumps for long.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 70.

Telephone, Good Way, Drink, Fran Lebowitz

“The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.” - Satirist Fran Lebowitz, an inspiration to every sarcastic smart-ass who ever got herself booted out of high school.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 3.

Women, Money, Power, 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.

That Complicated, Equality for Women, Basic Principle, Equal Rights Amendment, John Oliver

"None of this is that complicated. Equality for women should be as a basic principle of our society. If you think it already is, great, all the more reason for us to write it down. And if you think it isn't, then we badly need the ERA." - John Oliver, in a segment on the Equal Rights Amendment during Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.

No Culture, Attempts to be Exclusive, Mahatma Gandhi

“No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 81.

Comedy is Tragedy, Carol Burnett, Humor is Just Truth, Gilda Radner

“Comedy is tragedy, plus time.” - Carol Burnett

“Humor is just truth, only faster.” - Gilda Radner

Both of these quotes were found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 54.

Man Who is Not Wiser Today, Yesterday, Abraham Lincoln

“I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 25.

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.

No Vote, Without Us, Florida state Sen. Lauren Book

"No vote about us without us." - Florida state Sen. Lauren Book (D) to the Tallahassee Democrat, summing up her proposed amendment to the state constitution, which would prohibit the Florida legislature from passing bills that limit women's access to abortion unless 50 percent of the House and Senate are omen; men currently make up 70 percent of both chambers.

From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.

Saving Our Planet, Lifting People, Global Health, Women's Empowerment, Solutions, Ban Ki-moon

"Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all." - Ban Ki-moon

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ban_kimoon_643813.

Man Must Cease, Environment, Exercise His Will, Albert Schweitzer

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility.” - Albert Schweitzer

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 34.

Woman, Man, Fish, Net, Cynthia Heimel

“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.” - Cynthia Heimel

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.

Every Great Dream, Dreamer, Change the World, Harriet Tubman

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/harriet_tubman_310306.

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.

Prosperity, All of It, Confucius

“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.” - Confucius

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 52.

I Write for Those Women, Do Not Have a Voice, Terrified, Silence Would Save Us, It Won't, 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 BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_409007/

Future Belongs, Beauty of Their Dream, Eleanor Roosevelt

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_100940.

Best Thing About the Future, One Day at a Time, Abraham Lincoln

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 24.

Brevity, Soul of Lingerie, Dorothy Parker

“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.” - Dorothy Parker

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 126.

Behind Every 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.

What is Important, Meaningful Life, 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.

Give a Man a Fish, Teach Him How to Fish, Zenna Schaffer

“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.” - Zenna Schaffer, happy to be off the hook.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 190.

Winning, Making the Effort, Vince Lombardi

“Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is.” - Vince Lombardi

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 19.

Books, Important, World After World, 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.

Worry, Alzheimer's, Aids, Anita Milner

“I'm starting to worry more about getting Alzheimer's than AIDS...but for the life of me, I can't remember why.” - Anita Milner

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 55.

Poetry, Dream and Vision, Audre Lorde

"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before." - Audre Lorde

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/audre_lorde_408960.

Relationship with a Redhead, Dyed my Hair, Jane Fonda

“My husband said he wanted to have a relationship with a redhead, so I dyed my hair red.” - Activist/film star Jane Fonda, capable of changing her colors at the drop of an aerobic sock.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 24.

No Man, Above the Law, Below It, Theodore Roosevelt

“No man is above the law and no man below it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.

Beautifully Arranged, Someone's Fingers, Julia Childs

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate – you know someone's fingers have been all over it.” - Julia Childs

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.

Make Up Horrors, Real Ones, Stephen King

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads. You can view it here.

Be Free, Die, Harriet Tubman

“You'll be free or die.” - Harriet Tubman. Timorous Underground Railway passengers toughened up quick when Tubman brandished her revolver.

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

Injustice Anywhere, Threat to Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 14.

My Goal, Strident, Susan Faludi

“My goal is to be accused of being strident.” - Susan Faludi

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 76.

Greatest Lesson in Life, Even Fools, Winston Churchill

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” - Winston Churchill

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.

Most Women, One Man Away, Welfare, Gloria Steinem

"Most women are one man away from welfare." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_105163.

Brain, Uterus, Both, Patricia Schroeder

“I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.” - Patricia Schroeder, veteran Colorado congresswoman who coined the term “Teflon-coated presidency,” also known as Mom.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 54.

Old Age, Plane, Flying Through a Storm, Golda Meir

“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.” - Golda Meir

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 21.

Moral Test of Government, Children, Elderly, Handicapped, Hubert H. Humphrey

"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." - Hubert H. Humphrey

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/hubert_h_humphrey_163688.

What Men Say, Watch What They Do, Andrew Carnegie

“As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” - Andrew Carnegie

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 42.

Change a Man's Habits, Not the Man She Married, Barbara 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.

Best Piece of Advice, Accept Everything About Me, Misty Copeland

“The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.” - Misty Copeland

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

Definition of Maturity, Realize Someone is a Jackass, Brett Butler

“The older I get, the simpler the definition of maturity seems: it's the length of time between when I realize someone is a jackass and when I tell them that they're one.” - Brett Butler

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 76.

Gender Equation, Women's Economic Freedom, Gloria Steinem

"Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_690741.

Price of Greatness, Responsibility, Winston Churchill

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” - Winston Churchill

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 5.

Grow Up, First Real Laugh, Ethel Barrymore

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

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 74.

If It's Going to Be Done, Go Ahead, Anita Baker

“I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.” - Anita Baker

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.

Best Executive, Sense Enough, Self-Restraint, Theodore Roosevelt

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and enough self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 10.

Laughter, Favorite Chair, Stays, Stephen King

"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants." - Stephen King

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_106358.

Laughter, Carbonated Holiness, Anne Lamott

“Laughter is carbonated holiness.” ― Anne Lamott

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

Feel Inferior, Consent, Eleanor Roosevelt

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 36.

You Get Knocked Down, You Get Up, Vince Lombardi

“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 16.

Poor and Happy, Rich and Miserable, Princess Diana

“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?” - Princess Diana

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 36.

Talent, Table Salt, Hard Work, Stephen King

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_163656.

Change Their Party, Principles, Winston Churchill

“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.” - Winston Churchill

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 6.

Censorship, Thought Control, Pat Frank

“Censorship and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.” ― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

Melting Pot, Beautiful Mosaic, Jimmy Carter

"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." - Jimmy Carter

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_158449.

Courage, Afraid, Scared, 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.

Accept Responsibility, One's Own Life, Joan Didion

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” - Joan Didion

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 21.

Monsters, Ghosts, They Win, Stephen King

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads. Can be viewed here.

Republican Answer, Democratic Answer, Right Answer, Accept Our Own Responsibility, John F. Kennedy

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future." - John F. Kennedy

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_f_kennedy_121400.

God Made Man, Do Better, 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 Must Write, Lurk in Libraries, Ray Bradbury

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” ― Ray Bradbury

Found on Goodreads. Click here for more Ray Bradbury quotes.

Breathe That Air, Live Here, Drink That Water, Winona LaDuke

“You can change the terms, you can change the allowable limits, you can do the risk assessment – all these things – but in the end, the fact is that you and I drink that water. You and I breathe that air. You and I live here.” - Winona LaDuke

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

Man's Got to Do, Woman Must Do, Rhonda Hansome

“A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.” - Rhonda Hansome

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.

Hard to Fight, Outposts, 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.

Life, Marie of Romania, Not So Deep as a Well, Dorothy Parker

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Romania."

Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment" US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967), Quotation #126 at Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations.

Consent to Creep, Impulse to Soar, Helen Keller

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 26.

Love, Hiding Place, Zora Neale Hurston

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_106544.

Truth is Proper, All Times, Frederick Douglass

“Truth is proper and beautiful at all times and in all places.” - Frederick Douglass

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

Being a Bitch, All a Woman's Got to Hold on to, Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.” ― Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne

Found on GoodReads. Read more here.

Be Critical, Women Have the Right, 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.

Difference Between Fiction and Reality, Tom Clancy

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tom_clancy.html.

No One is Born Hating, Love, Nelson Mandela

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” - Nelson Mandela

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

Immortality, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, Susan Ertz

“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” - Susan Ertz, novelist.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 118.

Energy You Drew On, That's the Scary Part, You Don't Stop Being a Kid All at Once, Richie, It, Stephen King

“The energy you drew on so extravagantly when you were a kid, the energy you thought would never exhaust itself -- that slipped away somewhere between eighteen and twenty-four, to be replaced by something much duller, something as bogus as coke high: purpose, maybe, or goals, or whatever rah-rah Junior Chamber of Commerce word you wanted to use. It was no big deal; it didn't go all at once with a bang. And maybe, Richie thought, that's the scary part. How you don't stop being a kid all at once, with a big explosive bang, like one of that clown's trick balloons with the Burma-Shave slogans on the sides. The kid in you just leaked out, like the air out of a tire. And one day you looked in the mirror and there was a grownup looking back at you. You could go on wearing blue-jeans, you could keep going to Springsteen and Seger concerts, you could dye your hair, but that was a grownup's face in the mirror just the same. It all happened while you were asleep, maybe, like a visit from a Tooth Fairy.” - Stephen King, It.

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7950136-the-energy-you-drew-on-so-extravagantly-when-you-were.

Prolonged Slavery, Susan B. Anthony

"The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history." - Susan B. Anthony, introduction, History of Woman Suffrage

Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Well-Behaved Women, History, 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.

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”

Footprints, Tiptoe, Leymah Gbowee

“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” - Leymah Gbowee

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

Rainbow, Rain, Dolly Parton

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” - Dolly Parton

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

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.

Macho, Mucho, Zsa Zsa Gabor

“Macho does not prove mucho.” - Zsa Zsa Gabor

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

Manners, Feelings, Awareness, Emily Post

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” - Emily Post

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 177.

Love, Checkers, Man to Move, Jackie “Moms” Mabley

“Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.” - Jackie “Moms” Mabley. A Mom, but not a Mabley, at the outset of her career, the Apollo theater legend lifted her last name from Beau #1, who owed her for certain favors.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.

Democracy, Atticus Finch, Minorities, Jim Crow, Slavery, President Barack Obama

"...If our democracy is to work the way it should in this increasingly diverse nation, then each one of us need to try to heed the advice of a great character in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said 'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.'

"For blacks and other minority groups, that means tying our own very real struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face. Not only the refugee or the immigrant or the rural poor or the transgender American, but also the middle-aged white guy who from the outside may seem like he’s got all the advantages, but has seen his world upended by economic, and cultural, and technological change.

"We have to pay attention and listen.

"For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn’t suddenly vanish in the ’60s; that when minority groups voice discontent, they’re not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; when they wage peaceful protest, they’re not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment that our founders promised.

"For native-born Americans, it means reminding ourselves that the stereotypes about immigrants today were said, almost word for word, about the Irish, and Italians, and Poles, who it was said were going to destroy the fundamental character of America. And as it turned out, America wasn’t weakened by the presence of these newcomers; these newcomers embraced this nation’s creed, and this nation was strengthened.

"So regardless of the station we occupy; we all have to try harder; we all have to start with the premise that each of our fellow citizens loves this country just as much as we do; that they value hard work and family just like we do; that their children are just as curious and hopeful and worthy of love as our own." - President Barack Obama, January 10, 2017, part of farewell speech

Can't Fight 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.

We the People, Men Their Rights, 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.

Intelligent Woman, Marriage Contract, Consequences, Isadora Duncan

"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_106649.

Know the Truth, Odd, Flannery O'Connor

“You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you odd.” - Flannery O'Connor

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 88.

Chubby Hubby Ice Cream, Sidney Biddle Barrows

“Chubby Hubby ice cream – I can't say no anymore.” - Sidney Biddle Barrows, the erstwhile Mayflower Madam, on the subject of her sole remaining vice.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 21.

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

Woman, Tea Bag, Strong, Hot Water, Eleanor Roosevelt

"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_127143.

Once Wild, Tame You, Isadora Duncan

"You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_145626.

Too Old for Love, Comfort in Good Dinners, Zora Neale Hurston

"When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_396876.

Life is Very Short, Must Be Done, 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 Feminism Is, Door Mat, Prostitute, Rebecca West

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute." - Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982

Found at BrainyQuote; can be viewed at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccawes128207.html.

Stinking Odors, Kitchen, Stop Cooking, Erma Bombeck

“If you want to get rid of stinking odors in the kitchen, stop cooking.” - Erma Bombeck

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

Courage, Afraid to Do, Scared, 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/eddie_rickenbacker_104722.

Humor, Civilization, Erma Bombeck

"When humor goes, there goes civilization." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_131317.

Little Children, Allowed to Suffer, No True Love, Isadora Duncan

"So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_163886.

First-Rate Version of Yourself, Second-Rate Version, Judy Garland

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” - Judy Garland

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 90.

Good Parents, Good Looks, Good Personality, Good Cash, Sophie Tucker

“From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.” - Sophie Tucker

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 9.

Withered Rose, Faded Vow, Mr. Right, Sauerkraut, Barbara J. Petoskey

“Forget the withered rose or faded vow from Mr. Right. Love departs – but sauerkraut, once savored, stays the night.” - Barbara J. Petoskey



Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.

Fame, Success, Madonna, Helen Keller, Erma Bombeck

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.

Don't Got It, Can't Show It, Zora Neale Hurston

"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_384229.

Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston

From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132635.

Struggle for Human Rights, Social Justice, Si Se Puede, Dolores Huerta

"We've already marched many thousands of miles in our struggle for human rights and social justice, and tomorrow we march again. We must do this. We can do this. Si se puede!" - Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers, in the Special Elections 2016 issue of Ms. Magazine.

Always Wondered, Do Something, Somebody, Lily Tomlin

“I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized that I was somebody.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 68.

Affirming Human Rights, Women and Girls, Bella Abzug

"We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence." - Bella Abzug

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688098.html

All the People Worth Knowing, No Intellect, Margaret Fuller

“I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.” - Margaret Fuller. The brilliant Bostonian who wrote Women in the Nineteenth Century was a shocking exhibitionist when it came to her brain.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 7.

Make Progress, Standing on the Sidelines, Implementing Ideas, Shirley Chisholm

“You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” - Shirley Chisholm

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 78.

Democracy, Freedom, Dissidents, Assimilated Conformists, Abbie Hoffman

"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman

Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.

Have to Love a Nation, Not with a Parade of Guns, Tanks, Soldiers, White House, Family Picnics, Erma Bombeck

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." - Erma Bombeck

Found on AZ Quotes. Read more at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/513368.

Mistakes, Action, Becoming Yourself, Anne Lamott

“You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.” - Anne Lamott

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 85.

Fighting, Sexism, Xenophobia, Climate Change, Ms. Magazine

“We are fighting for the right to live in the future. We will continue to fight against sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia and global climate change until the future is ours.” - Feminist Majoritiy Foundation East Coast Interns

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Courage, Toughness, Guts, Little Girls, Bethany Hamilton

“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” - Bethany Hamilton

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 62.

Female President, Ova Office, Brett Butler

“A female president – maybe they'd start calling it the 'Ova Office.'” - Brett Butler

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.

Burn Books, Destroy a Culture, Stop Reading, 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.

Grab the Broom of Anger, Beast of Fear, Zora Neale Hurston

"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear." - Zora Neale Hurston

From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_158891.

Triumphed Over, Cleopatra

“I will not be triumphed over.” - Cleopatra

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 46.

Who's Who, What's That, Phyllis Diller

“I never made Who's Who but I'm featured in What's That.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 9.

Anything Nice to Say, Sit Next to Me, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” - Alice Roosevelt Longworth, one of America's nastiest national institutions

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 8.

Changing the World, Big Bang, Evolution, Katie Couric

“Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you.” - Katie Couric

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

Gentleman, Value, Anna Shaw

“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, 'Women have never produced anything of any value to the world.' I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” - Anna Shaw, the mouthiest minister this side of the Mississippi (or, for that matter, the other one).

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 60.

Patriot, Country, Government, Edward Abbey

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." - Edward Abbey

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/edward_abbey_169278.

Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, Look Ahead, Ann Richards

“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” - Ann Richards

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.

Commercial, Drinking Beer, Cleaning Fish, Warning, Diane Jordan

“There's a commercial where guys sit around drinking beer, cleaning fish, wiping their noses on their sleeves and saying 'It doesn't get any better than this.' That's not a commercial. That's a warning.” - Diane Jordan

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 77.

Hard Work, Wrinkles, Helena Rubinstein

“Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” - Helena Rubinstein

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 8.

Good Communication, Black Coffee, Anne Morrow Lindberg

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” - Anne Morrow Lindberg

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 82.

Fight, Ladylike, God, Women, 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.

Cleaning Your House, Shoveling the Walk, Phyllis Diller

“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is lie shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 170.

Life, Support Yourself, Katharine Hepburn

“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 22.

Politicians, Wonderful People, Working for a Living, P. J. O'Rourke

"Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living." - P. J. O'Rourke

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_617327.

Stifle Writers, Good Teacher, Flannery O'Connor

“Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” - Fiction-writer Flannery O'Connor

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 170.

Expectations, Do Something Remarkable, Wendy Wasserstein

“Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” - Wendy Wasserstein

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 28.

Disappointed, Fail, Doomed, Beverly Sills

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” - Beverly Sills

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 25.

Get Angry About Things, Work, Toni Morrison

“I get angry about things, then go on and work.” - Toni Morrison

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 84.

Book(s) Should be Banned, Indefensible, Rebecca West

"God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide." - Rebecca West

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/rebecca_west_137977 .

Every Politician, Orphan, Bachelor, Lady Bird Johnson

“Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.” - Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the thirty-sixth 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 49.

No Drug, Alcohol, Ills of Society, Test Them, Stupidity, Love of Power, P. J. O'Rourke

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." P. J. O'Rourke

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/p_j_orourke_106010.

What's Really Terrible, Second-Rate, Pretend, Doris Lessing

“What's really terrible is to pretend that second-rate is the first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do, or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.” - Doris Lessing

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

Remember Anything, Happened or Not, Mark Twain

“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but my faculties are decaying, now, and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the latter. It is sad to go to pieces like this, but we all have to do it.” - Mark Twain

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

I Owe to Spaghetti, Sophia Loren

“Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” - La bella Sophia Loren, a walking advertisement for carbo loading.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 20.

Really Long Time, Thorn in the Side of Everything, Patti Smith

“I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.” - Patti Smith

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 77.

Do Foolish Things, Enthusiasm, Colette

QQ“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” - Colette

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 137.

Late for Dinner, Having an Affair, Dead in the Street, Jessica Tandy

“When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street.” - Jessica Tandy, married to fellow actor Hume Cronyn for nearly on-half century, on the subject of drivng Miss Daisy completely bonkers.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 128.

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.

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.