All Else Fails, Go to the Library, Stephen King

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

Powerless, Prevent Injustice, Protest, Despair, 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

Only One, 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.

Success, Mediocre World, Lily Tomlin

“Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 90.

Compromise, All You've Got, Janis Joplin

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 54.

Mother, Noble Status, Florynce Kennedy

“Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change why you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it?” - Civil rights lawyer Florynce Kennedy, once lionized by the press as “Radicalism's Rudest Mouth” and as a “loud-mouthed middled-aged colored lady” by herself.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 193.

Hard Work, Top, Margaret Thatcher

“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 28.

Guns, Constitutional Amendment, Women, Eleanor Smeal

“Just think – guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.” - Hotshot Eleanor Smeal, president of NOW from 1977 to 1987.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 71.

Important, Women, Official Power, 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

Formula for Water, Ice Cube, Lily Tomlin

“The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 105.

Equality, Treat Yourself, Marlo Thomas

“One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.” - Marlo Thomas

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 35.

No Pessimist, Secrets of the Stars, Helen Keller

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 21.

Something Said, Something Done, Margaret Thatcher

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_127088.

Developed Language, Need to Complain, Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin

“I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.” - Writer Jane Wagner, the wry collaborative mind behind some of Lily Tomlin's best lines.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 15.

Feminists, Sidelines, Fight On, Call to Action, Eleanor Smeal, Kathy Spillar

"This is not the time for feminists to sit on the sidelines. We must fight on. We have come too far and worked too hard to go back now.

"This is a call to action. If you have the ability, desire and drive to volunteer for your favorite feminist cause or organization, the time to do so is now. Clinics need escorts; nonprofits need volunteer researchers, event organizers, administrators, lawyers, artists, designers, computer techies and fundraisers. Everyone and every skill count. We all need your passion, encouragement, skills, commitment, financial support—big or small." Eleanor Smeal, Kathy Spillar, Ms. Magazine, from the special election issue's and blog's "This is a Call to Action".

Marched, Struggle for Human Rights, Social Justice, Si Se Puede, Dolores Huerta

"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.

Mind-Altering Drug, Truth, Lily Tomlin

“The best mind-altering drug is truth.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 141.

Man, Joe McCarthy, Ruthless, Woman, 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.

Fame, Success, Erma Bombeck

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.

Science, Cure, 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.

Being Powerful, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 76.

Out Raising Hell, Fighting Age, Mother Jones

“You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.” - Mother Jones

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 1.

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.

Defense, Protecting Women and Children, Pat Schroeder

“When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.” - Pat Schroeder

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 103.

Avoiding Danger, Outright Exposure, Helen Keller

“Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” - Helen Keller

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 4.

Plain Women, Beautiful Ones, Katharine Hepburn

“Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.” - Katharine Hepburn.”

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 102.

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, 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.

Know How to Weep, Know How to Laugh, Golda Meir

“Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.” - Golda Meir

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 21.

Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

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

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

Scariest Moment, Before You Start, Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads Stephen King quotes section.