Facts First, Distort Them, Mark Twain

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." - Mark Twain

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/marktwain122862.html.

Shake Hands, Clench Fist, Indira Gandhi

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” - Indira Gandhi

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 39.

In Youth, In Age, Marie Ebner-Eschenbach

“In youth we learn; in age we understand.” - Marie Ebner-Eschenbach

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 20.

Getting Old, Candles, Cake, Bob Hope

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” - Bob Hope

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 66.

Advice, Women's Clubs, Raise More Hell, James McNeill Whistler

"My advice to the women's clubs of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias." - James McNeill Whistler

Found at https://quote.biz/list/quotes-by-james-mcneill-whistler.

What Really Matters, Shirley Lord

“What really matters is what you do with what you have.” - Shirley Lord

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

In Truth, Shape the Future, Gloria Steinen

“In truth, we don't know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But we have to behave as if everything we do matters. Because it might.” - Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 2.

When I Was Younger, Aging, Memory, Whether it Happened, Mark Twain

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

Can be found at Goodreads or by clicking here.

Vote, Most Powerful Nonviolent Change Agent, Late Rep. John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020.

Justice, Love, Public, Cornel West

“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Helping the Elderly, Old Myself Someday, Lillian Carter

“Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.” (spoken when she was in her eighties) – Lillian Carter

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 20.

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 Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 58.

Do Something, Somebody, Lily Tomlin

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

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

Old Age, Sissies, Bette Davis

“Old age is no place for sissies.” - Bette Davis

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 17.

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.

Women Are Foolish, Match the Men, George Eliot

“I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men.” - George Eliot

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 110.

Science, Cure, Most Evils, Apathy, Helen Keller

“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 13.

Whatever Women Do, Twice as Well, Half as Good, Charlotte Whittons

“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” - Charlotte Whittons, mathematically gifted mayor of Ottawa.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 189.

Age, Totally Unimportant, Years, Irrelevant, How You Cope, Shirley Lord

“Age is totally unimportant. The years are really irrelevant. It's how you cope with them.” - Shirley Lord

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 23.

Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

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

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

Ordinary People Wake Up, Elites Begin to Tremble, Abuse, Subjection, Subjugation, Exploitation, Cornel West

“When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.” ― Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Talk, Cook Rice, Chinese Proverb

“Talk doesn't cook rice.” - Chinese proverb

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 16.

Important, Women, 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

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.

Live For, Make Life Less Difficult, George Eliot

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” - George Eliot

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 41.

Four Stages of Man, Art Linkletter

“The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.” - Art Linkletter

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

Only One, Cannot Do Everything, Can Do Something, Helen Keller

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

Good Judement, Experience, Bad Judgment, Barry LaPatner

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” - Barry LaPatner

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 41.

Marched Many Thousands of Miles, We Can Do This, Si Se Puede, Dolores Hureta

"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.

No Such Thing, Burning Desire, Do the Impossible, Jan Ashford

“There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.” - Jan Ashford

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 11.