Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Freedom and Justice, Laughter, Rejoice, Molly Ivins

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 34.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Monday, February 1, 2021

Human Kindness, Weakened, Free People, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_138856.

Sunday, January 31, 2021

What Feminism Is, Feminist, Express Sentiments, Rebecca West

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute." - Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982

Found at BrainyQuote; can be viewed at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccawes128207.html.

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Make More Friends, Interested in Other People, Dale Carnegie

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 99.

Friday, January 29, 2021

Press, Watching Politics, Public Office, Public Capacity, Molly Ivins

“The press went tearing off down a very dangerous and stupid path in '88 when they wrote about Hart's affairs. After twenty-five years of watching politics I have never been able to cite any correlation whatever between who these guys screw and how they perform in public office. The question is who they screw in their public capacity.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 93.