Want to Write, Most Sublime Fool, Write Every Single Day, Ray Bradbury

“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next. 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. I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you. May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories — science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” ― Ray Bradbury

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

Old Age, Underwear, Creeps Up, Lois L. Kaufman

“Old age is like underwear; it creeps up on you.” - Lois L. Kaufman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 71.

Horrifying, Fight Our Own Government, Save the Environment, Ansel Adams

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." - Ansel Adams

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_161651.

Hundreds of People of African Ancestry, Trail of Tears, Cherokee, Wilma Mankiller

“It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of 1838-1839. Although we know about the terrible human suffering of our native people and the members of other tribes during the removal, we rarely hear of those black people who also suffered.” - Wilma Mankiller

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/7249-wilma-mankiller.

Strong Men, Role Models, Powerful, 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.

Three Ages of Man, Francis Joselp, Cardinal Spellman

“You've heard of the three ages of man – youth, age, and 'you're looking wonderful.'” - Francis Joselp, Cardinal Spellman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 46.

A Lot Worse, Worse, Lily Tomlin

“Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” - Lily Tomlin

From Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, Edited by Roz Warren, page 20.

Cups, Being Filled, Tip Ourselves Over, Ray Bradbury

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” ― Ray Bradbury

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

Old Age, Plane, Storm, Golda Meir

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

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 71.

Argue With a Fool, Who is the Fool, Who is Not, Wilma Mankiller

“If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.” - Wilma Mankiller

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/7249-wilma-mankiller.

Fightin' For Freedom and Justice, Have Fun Doin' It, Molly Ivins

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 34.

Born with Wings, Crawl, Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Make the Mistake, Seventy, Casey Stengel

“I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.” - Casey Stengel

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 68.

Life, Never Fair, Good Thing, Oscar Wilde

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” - Oscar Wilde

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 35.

One Thing, People Were Afraid, Caricature, Michelle Obama

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

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

Drunk of Writing, Reality, Ray Bradbury

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

Iroquois Society, Remember Seven Generations, Consider Seven Generations, Wilma Mankiller

“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.” - Wilma Mankiller

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/7249-wilma-mankiller.

Rat Race, Still a Rat, 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.

Satisfied, Stories, Unfold Your Own Myth, Rumi

“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Without Friends, All Other Goods, Aristotle

“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.” - Aristotle

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

When We Were Young, It's True, Susan D. Anderson

“When we were young, you made me blush,/go hot and cold, and turn to mush./I still feel all these things, it's true.../but is it menopause, or you?” - Susan D. Anderson

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 21.

Lessons, Stay True to Yourself, Michelle Obama

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.” - Michelle Obama

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, pages 22 – 23.

Yesterday, Clever, Change the World, Today, Wise, Changing Myself, Rumi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Getting Older, Get Old, George Burns

“You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.” - George Burns

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 49.

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.

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

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

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

Rest of My Life, Improve, Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have the rest of my life to improve, but it may take longer than that.” - Ashleigh Brilliant

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 28.

Fight a Battle, Win It, Margaret Thatcher

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 75.

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 be those who want to keep you silent, to have you be 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.

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

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

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