System of Oppression, Institutionalized, Florynce Kennedy

"When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive." - Florynce Kennedy

Found on Brainyquote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/florynce_kennedy_397337.

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.

Tell the Truth, Remember, Mark Twain

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1244.Mark_Twain.

Perfection, Content, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Found on Goodreads athttps://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy.

Rainbow, Cloud, Maya Angelo

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelo

Found on Brainy Quote at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mayaangelo578763.html.

Memory, Culture, Civiliaztion, Elie Wiesel

"Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future." - Elie Wiesel

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eliewiesel451199.html.

Popular Culture, Helpless, Noam Chomsky

“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.” ― Noam Chomsky

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.

Love, Sea, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.” ― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

Schooling, Education, Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ― Mark Twain

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1244.Mark_Twain.

Failure, Impossible, Susan B. Anthony

“Failure is impossible.” - Susan B. Anthony, the formidable founding mother of 19th-century American feminism.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 66.

Happy Families, Unhappy Family, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Found on Goodreads at,a href=https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy>https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy.

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.

Supreme Quality, Leadership, Integrity, Dwight David Eisenhower

“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” ― Dwight David Eisenhower

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

Worse than Failing, What If, Gloria Steinem

“The only thing worse than failing is not having tried. You will walk around forever thinking, What if?” - 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 75.

Optimism, Better Future, Noam Chomsky

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” ― Noam Chomsky

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.

Say Things, Color, Shapes, Words, Georgia O'Keeffe

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way – things I had no words for.” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 19.

Show it, Hide it, Zora Neal Hurston

"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_384229.

Belittle, Ambitions, Become Great, Mark Twain

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ― Mark Twain

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1244.Mark_Twain.

Wrong, Majority, Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” ― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

Found on Goodreads at,a href=https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy>https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128382.Leo_Tolstoy.

Mother, Air-Traffic Controllers, Lisa Alther

“Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.” - Lisa Alther

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 69.

Prolonged Slavery, Woman, Susan B. Anthony, History of Woman Suffrage

"The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history." - Susan B. Anthony, introduction, History of Woman Suffrage

Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Leadership, Taking Responsibility, Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Involved in Art, Good, Lucky, Katharine Hepburn

“I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good – or because they're lucky.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

Broom of Anger, Beast of Fear, Zora Neale Hurston

"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear." - Zora Neale Hurston

From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_158891.

Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Equality, Justice Sonia Stotmayor

“When the civil rights and women’s rights movements sought equality in public life, some public establishments refused. Some even claimed, based on sincere religious beliefs, constitutional rights to discriminate. The brave Justices who once sat on this Court decisively rejected those claims.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which held that business owners have the right under the First Amendment to refuse service to LGVTQ+ people

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

Despair, Overwhelmed, Fight, Kamala Harris

“We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.” - Sen.-Elect Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), now former V.P.

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Note: V.P. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine.

World Right for Love, Tillie Olsen, Silences

“It has never yet been a world right for love, for those we love, for ourselves, for flowered human life.” ― Tillie Olsen, Silences

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