Saturday, February 29, 2020

Thinks They Know Everything, Know Anything, Gladiola Montana

“Anyone who thinks they know everything ain't been around long enough to know anything.” - Gladiola Montana

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 64.

Friday, February 28, 2020

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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

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

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

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Women Get Dismissed, Talking About Something, Factually Accurate, Abigail Disney

“How many women get dismissed and dismissed when talking about something that is in front of their face and factually accurate?” - Abigail Disney, Peace is Loud, page 1, Ms. Magazine, Spring 2018

Monday, February 24, 2020

Essential Liberty, Temporary Safety, Deserve Neither, Benjamin Franklin

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/289513.Benjamin_Franklin.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Fairy Tales, 'If I Am Elected', Carolyn Warner

“Years ago, fairy tales all began with 'Once upon a time...” – now we know they all begin with, 'If I am elected.'” - Carolyn Warner, 1986 Democratic nominee for governor of Arizona. (Worse yet, they so seldom end with “And they all lived happily ever after.”)

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 66.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Last Tree, Last River, Last Fish, Money Cannot Be Eaten, Cree Indian Proverb

"Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." - Cree Indian Proverb/Prophecy

This can be found at Quoteland.com on this page.

Friday, February 21, 2020

Scariest Moment, Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on Goodreads.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Aging, Lost Youth, Opportunity and Strength, Betty Friedan

"Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength." — Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique"

Found on Beliefnet.com, and viewed here.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

No Judgments, No Compassion, Anne McCaffrey

“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” - Anne McCaffrey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 125.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

World is a Dangerous Place, Albert Einstein

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins143096.html

Monday, February 17, 2020

You Must Write, Lurk in Libraries, Climb the Stacks, 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

From GoodReads. Read more Ray Bradbury quotes here.

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Archaeologist, Best Husband, Agatha Christie

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

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Lighthouses, Stand There Shining, Anne Lamott

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” ― Anne Lamott

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

Friday, February 14, 2020

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Courage, Sacrifice, Guts, Sugar and Spice, 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.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Change the Terms, Drink That Water, Breathe That Air, 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”

Monday, February 10, 2020

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Two Things Are Infinite, Albert Einstein

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_einstein.html

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Courage, Price, Granting Peace, Amelia Earhart

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” - Amelia Earhart

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 128.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Strongest, Most Talented, Most Competitive, Pat Summit

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

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

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

One Learns, Keep Silent, Own Confusions, 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.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Never Know, True, Bette Midler

“I never know how much of what I say is true.” - Bette Midler

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 125. It almost sounds like certain people in high places...

Monday, February 3, 2020

Don't Stop Playing, Grow Old, George Bernard Shaw

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_bernard_shaw_120971.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Giving Money to Found Colleges, Prohibiting Anybody from Learning, Prohibition, Will Rogers

"Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth." - Will Rogers

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/will_rogers_122573.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

You Grow Up, 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.