Success, Mediocre World, Lily Tomlin

“Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 90.

Fool Some of the People, Can't Fool Yourself, Maya Angelou

“I found out that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool yourself.” - Maya Angelou, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

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

Saint, Sinner, Nelson Mandela

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” - Nelson Mandela

Found in Parade Magazine at https://parade.com/1074913/kelseypelzer/nelson-mandela-quotes/.

Disallow, Medical Care, Torture, Zooey Zephyr

“If you disallow the use of medical care that is accepted by every major medical association … the only therapy left is either A) meaningless or B) conversion therapy, which is torture. If you are forcing a trans child to go through puberty when they are trans, that is tantamount to torture. And this body should be ashamed.” - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), the first openly transgender woman elected to the Legislature; after her forceful remaks concernings a bill (now law) that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, she was banned from the House floor by her colleagues for the remainder of the session.

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

Raised the Alarm, Bill, Women Voters, Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Hillary Scholeten (D-Mich.), Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio)

“We’ve raised the alarm about how this bill harms women voters over and over. … It is clear Republicans aren’t interested in fixing this bill and this decision will haunt them in the voting booth.” - Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Hillary Scholeten (D-Mich.) and Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), speaking out after House passed the Save Act, which would create extremely strict voter ID requirements, adding significant barriers to voting for the estimated 69 million women who changed their last name, primarily due to marriage.

Found in the Summer 2025 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Never to be Silent, Take Sides, Neutrality, Silence, Elie Wiesel

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel

Found on Wisdom Quotes at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/authors/elie-wiesel/.

Risk, Old, Alice Walker

“Take a risk – grow old.” - Alice Walker

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 53.