Affects Males, Affects 'Only' the Female Half, Gloria Steinem

“Anything that affects males is often seen as more serious than anything that affects 'only' the female half of the human race.” - 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 109.

Blind with Patriotism, Face Reality, Wrong is Wrong, Malcolm X

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_390503.

Rapping, Signifying, Lena Horn

“People were rapping in my grandfather's day. They called it signifying.” - Lena Horn, USA Today (May 20, 1994)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 99.

Men Reach Their Sixties, Women, Cooking, Gail Sheehy

“When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces. Women just go right on cooking.” - Gail Sheehy

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 24.

Women, Equal, Home, Men, Gloria Steinem

“Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal inside it.” - 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 32.

Thing Well Done, Old Broads, Bette Davis

“If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it.” - Bette Davis

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

Grow Neither Better Nor Worse, More Like Ourselves, Mary Lamberton Becker

“We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.” - Mary Lamberton Becker

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 19.

Dragon of Delay, Short-Winded, Sandra Day O'Connor

“Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.” - Sandra Day O'Connor

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

Ability to Survive Personal Crises, Mark of the Character, Bounce Back From Adversity, Chief Wilma Mankiller

“My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity.” - Chief Wilma Mankiller

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

Attempt and Fail, Only Sin, SuEllen Fried

“It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is not to make the attempt.” - SuEllen Fried

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 13.

Don't Be Afraid, Angry, Loving, Lena Horne

“Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.” - Lena Horne, I Dream a World (1989)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 99.

Suppose You Were an Idiot, Member of Congress, 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.

Have to Behave, Everything We Do Matters, Gloria Steinem

“We have to behave as though everything we do matters – because it might.” - 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 92.

Woman Meant for a Man, Compete, Bette Davis

“I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.” - Bette Davis. Off-screen, the star of All About Eve had a hard time scaring up a satisfactory Adam

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 176.

Common Sense, Equally Divided, Under-Employed, Christiane Collange

“Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.” - Christiane Collange

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 4.

Ordinary People, Elites, 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.

Authentic Work of Art, Argument, Dame Rebecca West

“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.” - Dame Rebecca West

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 33.

If Any Female, Validate Her Existence, Giving Away Her Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

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 156.

Terrorize a Whole Nation, Accomplices, 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.

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.

Learn, Difference, Sameness, Gloria Steinem

“We learn from difference, not from sameness.” - 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 80.

Man Gives His Opinion, Woman Gives Her Opinion, Bette Davis

“When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch.” - Bette Davis. Off-screen, the star of All About Eve had a hard time scaring up a satisfactory Adam

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 176.

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.

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.

Remember Anything, Whether it Happened or Not, 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.

Test of Our Progress, Abundance, Provide, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_163168.

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.

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.

Laughter, Best Resistance, Gloria Steinem

“Laughter is the best resistance.” - 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 124.

Liberal, Jesus Christ, Change, James E.C. Perry, Tampa Bay Times

"Yes, I'm a liberal. Jesus Christ was a liberal, was he not? I mean, it's not a dirty word - to want to change things." - James E.C. Perry, retiring Florida Supreme Court justice, in December 31, 2016's Tampa Bay Times ("Perry Steps Down, But He's Not Finished"). A shortened version of the article was posted on the Times' blog at http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/justice-perrys-exit-interview-go-back-to-the-original-thinking-of-the/2307922.