Over the Hill, Enjoy the View, Anonymous

“As long as you're over the hill, you might as well enjoy the view.” - Anonymous

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 63.

No One, Terrorize a Whole Nation, Edward R. Murrow

"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

Forty, Old Age of Youth, Fifty, Youth of Old Age, French Proverb

“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.” - French proverb

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 44.

They Have Never Been, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Men on the Court

“They have never been a 13-year-old girl.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, About men on the court, after her male colleagues appeared indifferent about a girl's strip-search by school administrators.

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Contribution to the World, Draw, Keith Haring

“My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.” - Keith Haring

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 27.

Life, Infinitely Happier, Mark Twain

“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” - Mark Twain

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 1.

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.

Always Do More, Required, George S. Patton, Jr.

“Always do more than is required of you.” - George S. Patton, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 119.

Only Those, Risk, How Far One Can Go, T. S. Eliot

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T. S. Eliot, poet, playwright, publisher

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 23.

Scariest Moment, Before You Start, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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

Found on Goodreads.

It Helps, A Little Deaf, Marriage, Workplace, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“It helps sometimes to be a little deaf (in marriage and in) every workplace, including the good job I have now.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about marriage and work

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Pause to Wonder, Good as Dead, Albert Einstein

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 89.

Middle Age, Turning Out Lights, John Marion

“Middle age is the time a guy starts turning out lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.” - John Marion

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 3.

Force, All-Conquering, Victories, Short-Lived, Abraham Lincoln

“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 26.

Understand a Person, His 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.

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.

Fight, Things You Care About, Lead Others to Join You, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Leadership

"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on leadership

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Ever Tried, Fail Better, Samuel Beckett

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” - Samuel Beckett, playwright, novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 101.

Last Tree, Last River, Last Fish, Money, Cree Indian Proverb, Prophecy

"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.

At My Age, Flirts, Popcorn, Milton Berle

“At my age, when a girl flirts with me in the movies, she's after my popcorn.” - Milton Berle

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 16.

No Pessimist, Secrets of the Stars, Human Spirit, Helen Keller

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 21.

Defense, Women and Children, Pat Schroeder

“When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.” - Pat Schroeder

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 103.

Want to be a Writer, Read, Write, Stephen King

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

At Last Beginning, History Books, Token Woman, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“We are at last beginning to relegate to the history books the idea of the token woman.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about her legacy

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Gonna Be Here, Make a Difference, Will Smith's Grandmother

“If you gonna be here, then there's a necessity to make a difference.” - Will Smith's (actor) grandmother

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 34.

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.

Adults, Asking Little Kids, Looking for Ideas, Paula Poundstone

"Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas." - Paula Poundstone

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

Fiction Reveals the Truth, Jessamy West

“Fiction reveals the truth that reality obscures.” - Jessamyn West, author

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 75.

Truth is Found, Free to Pursue It, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 72.

Life, Glorious Cycle of Song, Marie of Romania, 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.

When Spiderwebs Unite, Halt Even the Lion, African Proverb

“When spiderwebs unite, they can halt even the lion.” - African proverb

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 149.

Thinking Alike, Isn't Thinking, George S. Patton, Jr.

“If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.” - George S. Patton, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 118.

Important Moments, Advertised Ones, Susan B. Anthony

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these." - Susan B. Anthony, The Ghost in My Life

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

Dangerous Place, Evil, Don't Do Anything, 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

True Equality, Bring Up the Next Generation, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

About gender equality: “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bring up the next generation.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Not Everybody, Famous, Everybody, Great, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 29.

Violence, Last Refuge, Incompetent, Isaac Asimov

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/16667.Isaac_Asimov.

Know What is Right, Worst Cowardice, Confucius

“To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.” - Confucius

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 53.

Painting, Problem, Jackson Pollock

“Painting is no problem; the problem is what to do when you're not painting.” - Jackson Pollock

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 18.

Never Negotiate Out of Fear, John F. Kennedy

“Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 85.

Be Sincere, Brief, Franklin D. Roosevelt

On speech-making: “Be sincere; be brief; be seated.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 73.

Youth, Wonderful Thing, Children, George Bernard Shaw

“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.” - George Bernard Shaw

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 1.

Give You Ruled Paper, Write the Other Way, Juan Ramon Jimenez

“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” - Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 97.

Self-Portraits, So Often Alone, Frida Kahlo

“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know the best.” - Frida Kahlo

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 13.

Great Believer in Luck, Harder I Work, Thomas Jefferson

“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” - Thomas Jefferson

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 39.

Better Immersion, Live Untouched, Tillie Olsen

“Better immersion that to live untouched.” - Tillie Olsen, author

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 117.

Be Rememebered, Do Her Work, Best of Her Ability, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on The Today Show at https://www.today.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-20-inspiring-ideas-rbg-t192057r.

Good Color Sings, Henri Matiss

“Good color sings. It is melodious, aroma-like, never over-baked.” - Henri Matiss

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 6.

Get Busy Living, Dying, Stephen King

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” ― Stephen King, Different Seasons

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Middle of the Road, Knocked Down By Traffic, Margaret Thatcher

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides." - "'Iron Maiden' Margaret Thatcher, England's unswervingly Conservative PM," in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.

Come to the End of Your Rope, Hang On, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 70.

Middle Age, You'll Grow Out of It, Doris Day

“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.” - Doris Day

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 6.

Man Who Views the World, Wasted Thirty Years, Muhammad Ali

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” - Muhammad Ali, professional boxer, philanthropist, activist

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 103.

Measure Democracy, 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.

Young Enough, Know Everything, Oscar Wilde

“I am not young enough to know everything.” - Oscar Wilde

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 2.

What Doesn't Kill Me, Arthur Schopenhauer

“What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.” - Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 22.

Can't Hold a Man Down, Staying Down With Him, Booker T. Washington

“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.” - Booker T. Washington

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 112.

Weak, Never Forgive, Attribute of the Strong, Mahatma Gandhi

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

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 135.

Once in a Lifetime, Tidal Wave of Justice, Hope and History, Seamus Heaney

“Once in a lifetime the longed-for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme.” - Seamus Heaney, poet, playwright, and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 36.

Long Fight, Survivors, Constituency, Power Base, Tarana Burke

“This is a long fight. ...It has given us an opportunity to show that survivors are more than just a group of people to pity, but that we are a constituency and a power base.” - Tarana Burtke, who coined the hashtag MeToo, responding to Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation after Christine Blasey Ford, Ph.D., testified that he attempted to rape her in high school

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2019, page 6.

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.

Much is Given, Much is Expected, Mary Maxwell Gates

“From those whom much is given, much is expected.” - Mary Maxwell Gates, Bill Gates' mother, on board of regents for University of Washington, first female president of King's County United Way, first woman to chair national United Way executive committee

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 41.

Four Essential Human Freedoms, Speech and Expression, Worship God, Want, Fear, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 72.

Educate Men to Goodness, One Another, Love of the Truth, Daniel Berrigan

"But how shall we educate men to goodness, to a sense of one another, to a love of the truth? And more urgently, how shall we do this in a bad time?" — Daniel Berrigan, quoted on the cover of TIME (Jan. 25, 1971)

In "The Nation: The Berrigans: Conspiracy and Conscience". Time. 97 (4): 18. January 25, 1971.

This Wall Will Fall, Belief, Unknown Graffiti Artist

“This wall will fall. Belief will become reality.” - unknown graffiti artist who painted the words on the Berlin Wall

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 77.

Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy

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

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

Strive For the Best, Never Make It, Gerald Ford

“If you don't strive for the best, you will never make it.” - Gerald Ford

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 43.

Nostalgia, Simone Signoret

“Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.” - Simone Signoret

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 91.

Too Angry, Keep Your Mouth Shut, Nothing Will Ever Change, Michelle Obama

"Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry, or that you 'should keep your mourth shut.' There will always sbe those who want to keep you silent, to have yoube seen but not heard, or maybe they don't even want to see you at all. But those people don't know your story, and if you listen to them, then nothing will ever change." - Former First Lady Michelle Obama, speaking to the graduating class of 2020

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 6.

Not in This World, Your Expectations, Bruce Lee

“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.” - Bruce Lee, actor, martial arts instructor

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 89.

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.

Life is What Happens, Other Plans, John Lennon

“Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.” - John Lennon

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 29.

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.

Some Men, Say Why, Dream Things, Why Not, Robert F. Kennedy

“Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.” - Robert F. Kennedy

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 85.

Color and Shapes, Things I Had No Words For, Georgia O'Keeffe

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way – things I had no words for.” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 19.

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

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

Dissents, Future Age, Dominant View, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On dissent and justice: "Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Middle of DIfficulty, Opportunitiy, Albert Einstein

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” - Albert Einstein

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 88.

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

Failure, Stops You, Fear of Failure, Jack Lemmon

“Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.” - Jack Lemmon, actor

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 21.

Make Life a Little Better, Less Fortunate, Meaningful Life, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that's what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one's community." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Old Age, Plane, 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 Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 75.

Art, Soul, People, Romare Bearden

“Art is the soul of people.” - Romare Bearden

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 25,

Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

“Action is the antidote to despair.” - Joan Baez

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 20.

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.)

Infinite, Universe, Human Stupidity, 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

Art, Die of Reality, Friedrich Nietzsche

“We have art so that we do not die of reality. Reality is too much with us.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 86.

Central to a Woman's Life, Dignity, Decision That She Must Make, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. It's a decision that she must make for herself. And when government controls that decision for her, she's being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on support for abortion rights

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Rage, Writers, Water, Fish, Nikki Giovanni

"Rage is to writers what water is to fish. A laid-back writer is like an orgasmic prostitute - an anomaly." - Nikki Giovanni, impassioned poet. (Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)

Women Couldn't Do, Blacks Couldn't Do, Defeat, Challenge, Marian Wright Edelman

“There were so many things they said women couldn't do and blacks couldn't do. Every defeat to me was a challenge.” - Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of Children's Defense Fund

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 13.

Reached Middle Age, Slow Down, Doctor, Police, Henny Youngman

“A man has reached middle age when he is warned to slow down by his doctor instead of the police.” - Henny Youngman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 3.

Real Change, One Step at a Time, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on The Today Show at https://www.today.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-20-inspiring-ideas-rbg-t192057r.

Be a Lady, Be Independent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Every Great Dream, Dreamer, Strength, Patience, Passion, 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, abolitionist, humanitarian

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 73.

Man of Success, Man of Value, Albert Einstein

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” - Albert Einstein

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 88.

Start Painting, Raised Chickens, Grandma Moses

“If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.” - Grandma Moses

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 9.

Be Nice, Children, Rest Home, Phyllis Diller

“Be nice to your children, for they will choose your rest home.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 23.

Nation, Made Strong, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"We are a nation made strong by people like you." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, To new citizens at a naturalization ceremony

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Defeat, Victory, Courage, Winston Churchill

“Defeat is never fatal. Victory is never final. It's courage that counts.” - Winston Churchill

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 12.

Middle Age, Anything New You Feel, Symptom, Laurence J. Peter

“Middle age is when anything new you feel is most likely to be a symptom.” - Laurence J. Peter

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 6.

Some Things You Learn, Calm, Storm, Willa Cather

“There are some things you learn best in calm, some in storm.” - Willa Cather, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, quoted as an epigraph to Kristin Hannah's novel Home Front

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 17.

Life, Short, What We Have To Do, Now, 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.

Enough, Women on the Supreme Court, When There are Nine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"When I'm sometimes asked 'When will there be enough (women on the Supreme Court)?' and my answer is: 'When there are nine.' People are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html. RIP, RBG. A true hero and inspiration.

Draw, Sing, Pablo Picasso

“To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.” - Pablo Picasso

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 28.

Middle Age, Two Temptations, Get You Home Earlier, Dan Bennett

“Middle age is having a choice of two temptations and choosing the one that will get you home earlier.” - Dan Bennett

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 2.

Loneliness, Feeling of Being Unwanted, 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.

What Would You Do, Spencer Johnson

“What would you do if you weren't afraid?” - Spencer Johnson, bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 10.

Grow Older, Less Attention, 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.

Old Age, Sissies, Bette Davis

“Old age ain't no place for sissies.” - Bette Davis

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

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”

Painting, Difficult, Wouldn't Be Fun, Edgar Degas

“If [painting] weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.” - Edgar Degas

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 15.

We're Going to Die, Do Something About It, Tom Burnett

“I know we're going to die. But some of us are going to do something about it.” - Tom Burnett, passenger on hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2001

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 15.

Tell a Lie Once, A Second Time, Thomas Jefferson

“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second time.” - Thomas Jefferson

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 39.T

History, Let It, Diane di Prima

"History repeats itself/only if we let it." - Diane di Prima

from "Revolutionary Letter #62," page 79, in Revolutionary Letters, by Diane di Prima.

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.

Three Things, Important, Be Kind, Henry James

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” - Henry James, author

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 32.

Line, Dot, Goes for a Walk, Paul Klee

“A line is a dot that goes for a walk.” - Paul Klee

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 4.

Life, Quotation, Jorge Luis Borges

“Life itself is a quotation.” - Jorge Luis Borges

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 5.

God is in the Slums, Cardboard Boxes, God is With Us, We Are With Them, Bono

“God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.” ― Bono

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/56627.Bono.

You Project What You Are, Norman Vincent Peale

“It is a fact that you project what you are.” - Norman Vincent Peale

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 27.

Courage, Absence of Fear, Triumph Over It, Nelson Mandela

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, activist

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by by F+W Media, Inc., page 9.

Best Prize, 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.

Wise Men, Advice, Fools, Benjamin Franklin

“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.” - Benjamin Franklin

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 47.

I Feel Alive, I'm Painting, Vincent Van Gogh

“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.” - Vincent Van Gogh

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 2.

Mile by Mile, Yard by Yard, Incy 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.

Dream, Kind of World, Dream Out Loud, Bono

“Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud.” ― Bono

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/56627.Bono.

Man, Won't Die for Something, Not Fit to Live, Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, You Begin Anyway, No Matter What, 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.

Best Executive, Sense Enough, Pick Good Men, 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.

Writing and Reading, Sense of Isolation, Feed the Soul, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.

My Conscience, Can't Fail, Anita Hill

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

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

Nature, Vacuum, Anne Gibbons

“Nature abhors a vacuum. And so do I.” - Anne Gibbons

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

Arrogant Toward Women, Aggressive, Man Who is Anxious, Simone De Beauvoir

“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.” - Simone De Beauvoir. To those who took The Second Sex seriously, brainy de Veauvor was Sartre's more significant Other.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 184.

Democracy, Increasingly Diverse Nation, Atticus Finch, Point of View, Pay Attention and Listen, 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

Idiot, Member of Congress, I repeat Myself, Mark Twain

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mark_twain_161288.

Declaration, Natural Right, Consent of the Governed, Right to Vote be Denied, Susan B. Anthony

"Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given if the right to vote be denied?" - Susan B. Anthony

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_765245.

Because Women's Work is Never Done, Underpaid, Unpaid, Boring, Repetitious, First to Get Fired, Women's Liberation Moment, Joyce Stevens

"Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get fired and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get beaten we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect childcare we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine" and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and...for lots of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement." - Author unknown, quoted in The Torch, 14 September 1987

I first read these words on a poster at Brigit Books in St. Petersburg, Florida. Brigit Books has long since closed (darn!). But I was able to find out that Joyce Stevens wrote the above quote as a Union Song for Women's Liberation Broadsheet, International Woman's Day, 1975.

Numerous links had this listed as "Author unknown, quoted in The Torch." While I was able to find links to several magazines and newsletters listed as The Torch, none of them were ones that had listed this quote. However, we now know who wrote these words.

Books, Important, World After 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.

Little Place, Political Scheme, Fighter, Shirley Chisholm

“There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.” - Shirley Chisholm, professor and practitioner of political sciens, and the first black woman to battle her way into Congress.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 52.

When People Will Not Be Judged, Color of Their Skin, Content of Their Character, Martin Luthur King, Jr.

"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found at BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/martin_luther_king_jr_297516.

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.

Organize, Agitate, Educate, Susan B. Anthony

"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry." - Susan B. Anthony

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_401742.

Indulge More Freely in Vituperation, Health, Suffering from Repression, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the strapping spokeswoman for nineteenth-century suffragists.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 12.

Stupidity, Retrospect, Missed Chances, Stephen King

“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” - Stephen King

Found on https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/506731-stupidity-is-one-of-the-two-things-we-see-most.

All Day, Beat the Machine, 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.

Really Strong Woman, 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.

Leave Something Behind, Ray Bradbury

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

"It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Found on GoodReads. Click here to see this and other Ray Bradbury quotes.

Amateurs Sit, Get Up, Got to Work, Stephen King

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Chin Hairs, Stray Eyebrows, Janette Barber

“I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.” - Janette Barber

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 49.

Turned 65, Senior, Margaret Trudeau

"I turned 65 and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm a senior. How did this happen?'" - Margaret Trudeau

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_trudeau_1024775.

Terrorize a Whole Nation, Edward R. Murrow

"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

Nothing is Impossible, 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.

Burn Books, Destroy a Culture, 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.

Get Busy Living, Get Busy Dying, Stephen King

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” ― Stephen King, Different Seasons

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Remember the Ladies, All Men, 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.

Imagine It Possible, Find Something, Rita Dove

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

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

You're Right, What Others Think, Barbara McClintock

“When you know you're right, you don't care what others think. You know sooner or later it will come out in the wash.” - Barbara McClintock. At the age of eighty-one, the boastful botanist finally reaped her well-deserved reward – in the form of a Nobel Prize.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 10.

Humor, Anger, Make-Up On, Stephen King

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.” ― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Need a Man, My Existence, 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.

Resent the Idea, Sexy and Smart, Dyed My Hair, Loni Anderson

“I resent the idea that you can't be both sexy and smart. When I dyed my hair, the peroxide didn't fry my brain cells.” - Actress Loni Anderson. It's the color that's artificial, not the intelligence.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 31.

Definition of Maturity, Length of Time, 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.

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.

Want to Be a Writer, Read, Write, Stephen King

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Man in Love, Incomplete, Finished, Zsa Zsa Gabor

“A man in love is incomplete until he's married – then he's finished.” - Zsa Zsa Gabor

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 72.

Think Much of a Man, 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.

Late for Dinner, Having an Affair, Lying 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.

When All Else Fails, Library, Stephen King

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

Something to Eat, A Little Love, Sermon on 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, Alas Babylon

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

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

Feel Discriminated Against, Astonishes Me, Pleasure of My Company, Zora Neale Hurston

"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132700.

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.

What Kills a Skunk, Abraham Lincoln

“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” - Abraham Lincoln

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

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...

Important Thing, Think Of Me, Think of Them, Queen Victoria

“The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.” - Queen Victoria

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 25.

White House, I Asked, More Than a Fair Question, April Ryan

“The White House has had issues with me ever since January, when I asked, 'Mr. President, are you a racist?' After his response to Charlottesville, after 's---hole countries,' after 'get that some of a b--- off the field' and 'What the hell do you have to lose?' it's more than a fair question, it's necessary. As a black female journalist, I'm going to keep asking it and continue seeking answers. That's my job, and I am up for it.” - White House correspondent April Ryan, in a Washington Post op-ed written after President Donald Trump told her to “sit down” in a press conference on Nov. 7.
Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2019, page 6.

Occurred to Me, White Gloves, Mary Janes, No One, Dance Backward, Jill Ruckelshaus

“It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward all their lives.” - Jill Ruckelshaus

Found on IZQuotes at https://izquotes.com/quote/jill-ruckelshaus/it-occurred-to-me-when-i-was-thirteen-and-wearing-white-gloves-and-mary-janes-and-going-to-dancing-332742.

Monsters Are Real, 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.

What We are Capable of, Grueling Election Cycle, Tenacity, Fortitude, Courage, Retta

“I have seen what we are capable of this grueling election cycle and am uplifted by the tenacity, fortitude and courage of the men and women who fought for women's rights, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, and I am emboldened by it...Are you fired up? 'Cause I'm ready to go!” - Retta

Found in Ms. Magazine's Special 2016 Election Issue, page 11.

Learning to Speak, Avital Ronell

“Learning to speak is like learning to shoot.” - Professor Avital Ronell, comparative literature specialist, and a self-proclaimed “ivory-tower terrorist.”

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 9.

Fashion Dropout, Harper's Bazaar, Clothes, Molly Ivins

“Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, 'Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.'” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 37.

World, 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

Democracy, Freedom, Dissidents, 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.

Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Stephen King

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads at Stephen King quotes.

Masculinity, Cult, Actor Terry Crews

“Masculinity can be a cult. And when I say 'cult,' it's no different than David Koresh. It's no different than Jim Jones.” - Actor Terry Crews, speaking at the Women in the World Summit after coming forward with his own #MeToo story of being sexually harassed in Hollywood.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2018, page 6.

Belief, Supernatural, Joseph Conrad

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/joseph_conrad_118939

No Man, Liberal, Radical, Unpaid or Underpaid Labor, Gloria Steinem

"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_101981.

Courage, 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.

Reality, Stop Believing, Doesn't Go Away, Philip K. Dick

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4764.Philip_K_Dick.

End of Your Life, Never Regret, Time Not Spent, Barbara Bush

"At the end of your life, you will never regret mot having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent a husband, a friend, a child or a parent." - Barbara Bush, wife of the 41st president and mother of the 43rd.

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. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

Give Up Their Power, Thinking They Don't Have Any, 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.

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

"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.

Time for Racial Discrimination, Over, Jimmy Carter

"I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." - Jimmy Carter

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_398677.

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.

Withered Rose, 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.

Mistake, They've Been Appointed, Anointed, Mrs. Claude Pepper

“The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.” - Florida politics-follower Mrs. Claude Pepper, no friend of the overt oily.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 67.

Totally Objective Person, Antonia Fraiser

“Of course, there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except for Almighty 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.

No Person, Demands Your Silence, Right to Grow, 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.

Well-Behaved Women, 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.

Strong Men, Role Models, 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.

An Eye For An Eye, Do the 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.

Question Authority, Timothy Leary

"Think for yourself and question authority." - Timothy Leary

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/timothylea378747.html.

Women to Take Official Power, Oppression, Dolores Huerta

“We know how important it is for women to take official power. The oppression of women takes so many forms, and the only way to overcome is by taking power.” - Activist Dolores Huerta, accepting the Young Elected Officials Network's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

Found in Ms. Magazine, page 6, Spring 2019

Critical Moment in History, Three Things, Anger, Pain, Denial, Fear, Abuse, Cover-Up, Jennie Willoughby

“We are at a critical moment in history and there are three things I know to be true: Where there is anger, there is underlying pain. Where there is denial, there is underlying fear. Where there is abuse, there is cover-up.” - Jennie Willoughby, ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, writing for Time in response to President Donald Trump calling her a liar.

Found in Ms. Magazine, page 6, Spring 2018

Women Must Not Accept, Challenge, Margaret Sanger

"Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression." — Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

Found on Brainyquote.com, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_sanger.html.

Eat Bread Without Hope, Starve to Death, Pearl S. Buck

“To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.” - 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.

Establishment, Very Frightened, Bella Abzug

"The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened." - Bella Abzug (Though there are a few great men, very brave, Bella may've had it on the mark, for the most part)

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug388346.html.

Cats Aren't Happy, Thinking Up Ways, Penny Ward Moser

“When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.” - Penny Ward Moser

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 8.

Ruthless, Joe McCarthy, Put You on Hold, Marlo Thomas

“A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.” - Marlo Thomas

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press (editor), page 108.

Liberate a Woman, Liberate a Man, Margaret Mead

"Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man." - Margaret Mead

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_mead_105174.

Measure of a Society, Treat Their Weakest, Jimmy Carter

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/557101.

This can also be applied to children currently being separated from their immigrant parents.

Nation of Sheep, Government of Wolves, Defend Freedom, Edward R. Murrow

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home." - Edward R. Murrow

Both of these can be found at Goodreads, specifically at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/178884.Edward_R_Murrow.

Spend All Day, Beat the Machine, 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.

Never Doubt, Small Group, Change the World, Margaret Mead

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_mead_100502.

What Men Say, 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.

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.

Justice, Not be Served, Unaffected, Outraged, Benjamin Franklin

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ― Benjamin Franklin

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

Food Stamp recipients, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Barack Obama

"Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam733938.html

People Don't Hear You, Scream, Stephanie Powers

“Unfortunately, sometimes people don't hear you until you scream.” - Stephanie Powers

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 16.

Best Piece of Advice, Accept Everything, 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.

Fight City Hall, Rumor, 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.

Spread the Wealth Around, Barack Obama

"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409183.

Your Imagination, Creativity, Curiosity, Your Place in the World, Mae C. Jemison

"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." — Mae C. Jemison, first African-American woman astronaut

Found at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=10.

Calendar, On Time, Marilyn Monroe

“I've been on a calendar but never on time.” - Marilyn Monroe

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 123.

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

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

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

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.

Worry, Alzheimer's, Remember, 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.

Write for Those Women, Terrified, Respect Fear, 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/

Service, Rent, Shirley Chisholm

“Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.” - Shirley Chisholm

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/shirleychi398068.html.

Too Many Fantasies, Hosewife, Marilyn Monroe

“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife...I guess I am a fantasy.” - Marilyn Monroe.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 27.

Important Moments, Advertised Ones, Door of Memory Unannounced, Susan B. Anthony

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these." - Susan B. Anthony, The Ghost in My Life

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

Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, 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.

Attributing His Problems, 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.

The Moment, How Great You Are, Threat, Cicely Tyson

“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” - Cicely Tyson

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 70.

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.

You Own Everything, Tell Your Stories, Anne Lamott

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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

Conscious, Ignorant of the Facts, 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.

Don't Agonize, Organize, Florynce Kennedy

“Don't agonize. Organize.” - 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.

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.

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.

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.

Bear with Great Philosophy, Sufferings, Do Not Actually See Them, Albion Fellows Bacon

“We can bear with great philosophy the sufferings of others, especially if we do not actually see them.” - Albion Fellows Bacon, a rather cynical turn-of-the-century social worker.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 61.

"Because women's work is never done...", Women's Liberation Broadsheet, Brigit Books, Joyce Stevens

"Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get fired and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get beaten we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect childcare we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine" and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and...for lots of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement." - Author unknown, quoted in The Torch, 14 September 1987

I first read these words on a poster at Brigit Books in St. Petersburg, Florida. Brigit Books has long since closed (darn!). But I was able to find out that Joyce Stevens wrote the above quote as a Union Song for Women's Liberation Broadsheet, International Woman's Day, 1975.

Numerous links had this listed as "Author unknown, quoted in The Torch." While I was able to find links to several magazines and newsletters listed as The Torch, none of them were ones that had listed this quote. However, we now know who wrote these words.

Strong Woman, Ennobled, 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.

Passion Drives You, Reins, 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.

If It's Going to be Done, Hands of Fate, 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.

Some Birds, Caged, Wrong to Imprison Them, Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.” ― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=Stephen+King&commit=Search.

Best Thing, 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.

Want Something Said, Want Something Done, Margaret Thatcher

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_127088.

Wonderful Housekeeper, Divorced, Zsa Zsa Gabor

“I'm a wonderful housekeeper. Every time I get divorced, I keep the house.” - Zsa Zsa Gabor

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 52.

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.

Patriot, Ready to Defend his 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.

Think They Know Everything, Great Annoyance, Isaac Asimov

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” ― Isaac Asimov

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/16667.Isaac_Asimov.

High Heels, Wonderful, Men, Sue Grafton

“If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.” — Sue Grafton

Found on Quote Fancy at https://quotefancy.com/quote/1213466/Sue-Grafton-If-high-heels-were-so-wonderful-men-would-still-be-wearing-them.

Power, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher

"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_109592.

Old Age, Sissies, Bette Davis

“Old age ain't no place for sissies.” - Bette Davis

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

Absolute Power, Version of Heaven on Earth, Hellish Tyrannies, Power Remains in the Hands of the People, Barry Goldwater

“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed. Their mistaken course stems from false notions of equality, ladies and gentlemen. Equality, rightly understood, as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences. Wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. Fellow Republicans, it is the cause of Republicanism to resist concentrations of power, private or public, which enforce such conformity and inflict such despotism. It is the cause of Republicanism to ensure that power remains in the hands of the people.” ― Barry Goldwater

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/369997.Barry_M_Goldwater.

Don't Got It, Can't Show It, Got It, Can't Hide 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.

Take Sides, Neutrality, Elie Wiesel

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/elie_wiesel.html.

Rat Race, Even if You Win, Lily Tomlin

“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 27.

Violence, Last Refuge, Incompetent, Isaac Asimov

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/16667.Isaac_Asimov.

Old Age, Didn't Even See It Coming, Phyllis Diller

“I don't know how you feel about old age...but in my case I didn't even see it coming. It hit me from the rear.” - Phyllis Diller

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

Never Doubt, Small Group, Change the World, Margaret Mead

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead

Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/margaretme100502.html.

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.

Prevent Injustice, Protest, Elie Wiesel

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel

"We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else." - Elie Wiesel

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/elie_wiesel.html

Die on Your Feet, Live on Your Knees, Dolores Ibarruri

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” - Dolores Ibarruri

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

Not Normal Times, Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Measures, Dan Rather

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

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