Women, Aging, Lines of Distinction, Old-Age Wrinkles, Jane Fonda

“Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.” - Jane Fonda

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

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.

Never Know, Say is True, Bette Midler

“I never know how much of what I say is true.” - Bette Midler

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 125. It almost sounds like certain people in high places...

Millionaire, Happy, James Earl Jones

“You don't have to be a millionaire to be happy.” - James Earl Jones, Daily News, Dec. 17, 1995

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 114.

Heresy of One Age, Orthodoxy, Helen Keller

“The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.” - Helen Keller

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Peaceful Wrecks, Holding Hands, Tillie Olsen

“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.” ― Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Things Come Apart, Held Together With Lies, Dorothy Allison

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.” ― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5599.Dorothy_Allison.

Truth, Justice, For or Against, 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.

Genius, Gold, Talent, Miner, Lady Marguerite Blessington

“Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner that works and brings it out.” - Lady Marguerite Blessington

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

Be a Writer, 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.

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, Authority, Molly Ivins

“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.

Racism, Major Issue, Habit, Maya Angelou

“Racism is still a major issue because it is a habit.” - Maya Angelou, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 10.

Old Age, Plane, Flying Through a 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.

Quiet Retirement, Traditional Stereotype, Take a Risk, Action, Satenig St. Marie

“We can go into a quiet retirement, which is the traditional stereotype of a 65-year-old, or we can take a risk and put ourselves out where the action is.” - Satenig St. Marie

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

Go Out There, Martina Navratilova

“Just go out there and do what you've got to do.” - Martina Navratilova

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 15.

Injustice Anywhere, Threat to Justice Everywhere, Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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.

When All Else Fails, Library, Stephen King

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

No Claims to Perfection, Stumbled, Accomplish a Few Things, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“I make no claims to perfection. I stumbled just like everyone else. But I managed to get my degree and accomplish a few things.” - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Washington Post, June 15, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 3.

Haven't Come a Long Way, Come a Short Way, Calling Us Baby, Elizabeth Janeway

“We haven't come a long way, we've come a short way. If we hadn't come a short way, no one would be calling us baby.” - Elizabeth Janeway

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/4109-elizabeth-janeway.

Museums, Galleries, People, Art, Excitement and Energy, Riva Yares

“Museums and galleries are for people. Children need to grow up in them. Art can give you excitement and energy. A painting can do something for your spirit that nothing else can.” - Riva Yares

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 33.

Two Ways of Meeting Difficulties, Alter the Difficulties, Alter Yourself, Phyliss Bottome

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.” - Phyliss Bottome

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 45.

Blind with Patriotism, Can't 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.

Any Woman, Intellectual, Theory, Discrimination, Bell Hooks

“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Oppressors, Oppressed, Understanding, Audre Lorde

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.” - Audre Lorde, Black Scholar, May – June 1979.

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 141.

Rebellious, Patriarchy, Free, Mona Eltahawy

“Make your heart too rebellious for patriarchy to plant itself within you. Make your mind too free for fascism to claim your imagination.” - Mona Eltahawy

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 119.

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

Write, Create, Sublime Fool, Read, Remake a World, 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.

Date, Children, Weekends, Rita Rudner

“Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?” - Stand-up comic Rita Rudner, a person who likes to look at the big picture.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 192.

Ask the Doctor, Children, Thirty-Five, Gracie Allen

“A woman came to ask the doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said thirty-five is enough for any woman!” - Gracie Allen

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 85.

Deep Trouble, Rich Life, Serving Others, Cornel West

“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.” ― Cornel West

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