Questions, How Long, Time, David Bowie

“As you get older the questions come down to two or three. How long have I got and what am I gonna do with the time I've got left?” ― David Bowie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10360.David_Bowie.

Pregnant, Personhood, Autonomy, Condtional, Jia Tolentino

“Anyone who can get pregnant must now face the reality that half of the country is in the hands of legislators who believe that your personhood and autonomy are conditional – who believe that, if you are impregnated by another person, under any circumstance, you have a legal and moral duty to undergo pregnancy, delivery, and, in all likelihood, two decades or more of caregiving, no matter the permanent and potentially devastating consequences for your body, you heart, your mind, your family, your ability to put food on the table, your plans, your aspirations, your life.” - Writer Jia Tolentino in an op-ed for The New Yorker.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022 issue, page 4.

Age, My Back, Phyllis Diller

“I'm at an age where my back goes out more than I do.” - Phyllis Diller

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 80.

Obey All the Rules, Katharine Hepburn

“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 104.

Girl, Rights, Abortion-Rights Supporter

“As a girl, I just hope that one day I have as many rights as a gun.” - Sign held by an abortion-rights supporter in Kansas

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 10-11.

Beauty in Truth, John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/585.John_Steinbeck.

Educational Process, John Dewey

“The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end.” ― John Dewey

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/42738.John_Dewey.

Total Security, Freedom, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. ” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23920.Dwight_D_Eisenhower.

Aging, Become the Person, Should Have Been, David Bowie

“Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.” ― David Bowie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10360.David_Bowie.

Too Old For Love, Good Dinners, Zora Neale Hurston

"When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_396876.

Failure, Instructive, John Dewey

“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.” ― John Dewey

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/42738.John_Dewey.

Men, Marry, Gloria Steinem

“Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 72.

My Heart, Driven Slush, Tallulah Bankhead

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.” - Tallulah Bankhead

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 34.

Wanted to Be, In Charge, Wilma Vaught

“What I wanted to be when I grew up was – in charge.” - Wilma Vaught, Brigadier General of the U.S. Air Force.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 156.

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.

Dominoes, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, interracial marriage, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

“The dominoes have started to fall, and they won’t just stop at one. People should see the connection between reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, interracial marriage – these things are all connected legally.” - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, warning that Roe’s demise could lead to the overturning of other Supreme Court precedents.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

Oxford Dictionary, Really Long Poem, David Bowie

“Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.” ― David Bowie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10360.David_Bowie.

Failure, Business in Life, John Dewey

“Nothing is more tragic than failure to discover one’s true business in life, or to find that one has drifted or been forced by circumstance into an uncongenial calling.” ― John Dewey, Democracy and Education

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/42738.John_Dewey.

Men and Women, Suit Each Other, Live Next Door, Katharine Hepburn

“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.” - Actress Katharine Hepburn, who got along famously with married lover Spencer Tracy during a quarter-century of now-and-then visits.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 136.

Live in Infamy, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt on the morning after the Pearl Harbor attack

I wanted to post this to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, which "helped shape the course of World War II."

Found on Pearl Harbor Warbirds at https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/12-powerful-pearl-harbor-quotes/.

Insignificant, Erased, Closet, Hope Giselle-Godsey

“It always starts with things that people feel are insignificant, like public restrooms, but it never stops there. We’re here today to ensure they understand that we will not be erased – one bathroom at a time – or shoved back into the proverbial closet out of deference to the comfort of those who seek to eradicate us.” - Trans activist Hope Giselle-Godsey, who held a dance party protest in a women’s bathroom in the U.S. Capitol after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a bill to bar trans women from using those facilitiesFound in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2025, page 6.

Where I'm Going, Won't Be Boring, David Bowie

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.” ― David Bowie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10360.David_Bowie.

Learn From Experience, Reflecting on Experience, John Dewey

“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.” ― John Dewey

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/42738.John_Dewey.

Language, 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.

Rock the Boat, Turn it Over, Maya Angelou

“I still feel you should rock the boat. And if you're not in it, you should turn it over.” - Maya Angelou, in Conversations with Maya Angelou, 1989

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

Fame, Success, Madonna, Helen Keller, 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.