Truth, Justice, Malcolm X

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_385966.

Landscape Photography, Supreme Test, Ansel Adams

"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment." - Ansel Adams

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141286.

Women, Only Group, More Radical, Gloria Steinem

“Women may be the only group that grows more radical with age.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 44.

Cups, Being Filled, 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.

Silent About Your Pain, Zora Neale Hurston

“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Forget What You Said, Forget What You Did, Made Them Feel, Maya Angelou

“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 53.

Photograph Truthfully and Effectively, See Beneath the Surfaces, Ansel Adams

"To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things." - Ansel Adams

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141282.

Loses Even a Single Right, Judith Jamison

“If anyone loses even a single right, we risk losing them all.” - Judith Jamison, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1990

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 107.

Best Index, Person's Character, Treats People, Abigail Van Buren

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back” - Abigail Van Buren

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 55.

Noble Deeds, Hot Baths, Dodie Smith

“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” - Dodie Smith

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 15.

Shake Hands, Clenched 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.

Take a Chance, Success Comes with Failure, Tyrone "Mugsy" Bogues

“Take a chance. If you fail that's alright. Success comes with failure...I have certainly had my failures, my disappointments. That's when you really appreciate success. You know what it takes to get there and to sustain it.” - Tyrone “Mugsy” Bogues, in In the Land of Giants, 1994

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 22.

If You Want, Listen, Gloria Steinem

“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page97.

Youth-Oriented Society, Joke, Dorothy Fuldheim

“This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover.” - Dorothy Fuldheim

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 21.

Tendency, Obscure the Forest, Trees, Christiane Collange

“...we have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.” - Christiane Collange

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.

Can't Live Where I Want To, Paint As I Wanted To, Georgia O'Keeffe

“One day I found myself saying to myself, 'I can't live where I want to. I can't even say what I want to! I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.'” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 61.

Be Bold, Make an Error, Billie Jean King

“Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.” - Billie Jean King

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.

Voting Booth, Equal, Gloria Steinem

“The voting booth is the one place on earth where the least powerful and the most powerful are equal.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 24.

You Have to Pick the Places, Joan Didion

“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.” ― Joan Didion

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.

Empathy, Most Radical, Human Emotions, Gloria Steinem

“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 96.

Ignorance, Expensive, Octavia Butler

“Ignorance is expensive.” - Octavia Butler, in Essence, May 1989.

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 31.

All Things Are Possible, Proved Impossible, Pearl S. Buck

“All things are possible until they are proved impossible – even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” - Pearl S. Buck

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 37.

Dependent Children, Welfare, Gloria Steinem

“If they have dependent children, many women are one man away from welfare.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 36.

Empathy, Others Are Going Through, Courage, Do Something About It, Cornel West

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West

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

Tell Ourselves Stories, Live, Joan Didion

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” ― Joan Didion, The White Album

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.

Birth, Sex, Limit to Genius, Charlotte Bronte

“Neither birth nor sex forms a limit to genius.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Cannot Be An Optimist, Prisoner of Hope, Cornel West

“I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” ― Cornel West

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

Want to be a Writer, Two Things, Read a Lot, Write a Lot, 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.

No Man, Liberal, Radical, Conservative Advocate, 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 of the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home or in the workplace.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 64.

Wake Up One Morning, Got It, Moms Mabley

“You just wake up one morning, and you got it!” (on old age) – Moms Mabley

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

Life Changes, Ordinary Instant, Joan Didion

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.