“The voting booth is the one place on earth where the least powerful and the most powerful are equal.” - 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 24.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Be Bold, Make a Doozy, Hit the Ball, Billie Jean King
“Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.” - Billie Jean King
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.
Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Forget What You Said, What You Did, Made Them Feel, Maya Angelou
Monday, October 4, 2021
Wheels of Justice, Wally Amos
“The wheels of justice grind slowly, and there's nothing you can do to hurry them.” Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Corp., and a new company, Uncle Noname, in Parade Magazine, May 22, 1994
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 5.
Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 5.
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Ignorance, Real Thing, Irene Peter
“Ignorance is no excuse – it's the real thing.” - Irene Peter
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.
Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.
Saturday, October 2, 2021
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.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi.
Friday, October 1, 2021
Mother, Noble Status, Unwed, Welfare, 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.
Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 193.
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