Old Age, Plane, 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.

Argue With a Fool, Who is the Fool, Who is Not, Wilma Mankiller

“If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.” - Wilma Mankiller

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/7249-wilma-mankiller.

Fightin' For Freedom and Justice, Have Fun Doin' It, 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.

Born with Wings, Crawl, Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” ― Rumi

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.

Make the Mistake, Seventy, Casey Stengel

“I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.” - Casey Stengel

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 68.

Life, Never Fair, Good Thing, Oscar Wilde

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” - Oscar Wilde

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 35.

One Thing, People Were Afraid, Caricature, Michelle Obama

"The one thing they knew people were afraid of was the strength of a black woman. So they turned that into a caricature." - former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Essence Festival in New Orleans in Juyl, reflecting on the attacks she faced when her husband was in office.

From Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019 issue, page 6.