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Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

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Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light...

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Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Source:...

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Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Ruth Westheimer: Talking from morning...

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about...

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and...

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Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or...

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Maria Montessori: The greatness of...

Maria Montessori: The greatness of...

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Women's films [in the fiftiesl became howto's on catching and keeping a man. Veneer. Appearance. Sex Appeal. Hollywood...

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Simone Weil: The work of...

Simone Weil: The work of...

The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make it.

Source: The...

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Grace Speare: Think and feel...

Grace Speare: Think and feel...

Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think of the elation,...

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Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than...

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Peace Pilgrim: Do not suppress...

Peace Pilgrim: Do not suppress...

Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause...

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Peace Pilgrim: One little person,...

Peace Pilgrim: One little person,...

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make...

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Mary Baker Eddy: Give up the...

Mary Baker Eddy: Give up the...

Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly...

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Mary Daly: The liberation of...

Mary Daly: The liberation of...

The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves.

Source: The...

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Mary Astell: There is not...

Mary Astell: There is not...

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: My philosophy? Practice,...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: My philosophy? Practice,...

My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.

Source: In The Golfer's Book...

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Amelia Earhart: There are two...

Amelia Earhart: There are two...

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Source: 20...

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