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Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must not...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: You must not...

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

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Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard -- that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of...

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I've run into...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Source: In Words of...

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Catherine the Great: You philosophers are...

Catherine the Great: You philosophers are...

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the...

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Catherine the Great: In my position...

Catherine the Great: In my position...

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . ....

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Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Margaret Sanger: Diplomats make it...

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Source: Woman and the New...

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Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their...

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Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they...

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Andrea Dworkin: Women's fashion is...

Andrea Dworkin: Women's fashion is...

Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

Source:...

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Anna Kournikova: I think that...

Anna Kournikova: I think that...

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

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Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose?...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Amelia Earhart: The soul that...

Amelia Earhart: The soul that...

The soul that knows [courage] not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of...

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Marie Curie: I am one...

Marie Curie: I am one...

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new...

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Phyllis McGinley: The knowingness of...

Phyllis McGinley: The knowingness of...

The knowingness of little girls
Is hidden underneath their curls.


Source: What...

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Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

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Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe....

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Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

Anne Wilson Schaef: A chuckle a...

A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more...

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Clara Barton: It is wise...

Clara Barton: It is wise...

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I truly feel...

I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the lives...

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