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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

Christa McAuliffe: What are we...

What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars.

Source: In Time, 10 Feb...

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Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Estelle Ramey: Women's chains have...

Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.

Source: In First Ms....

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: If folks can...

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum,...

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Maria Montessori: If help and...

Maria Montessori: If help and...

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of...

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June Singer: The modern man...

June Singer: The modern man...

The modern man needs to rescue himself from cultural provincialism.

Source:...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: There's times when...

Tammy Faye Bakker: There's times when...

There's times when I just have to quit thinking . . . and the only way I can quit thinking is by...

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Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Poets. . . are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles...

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Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, Information; for in most cases, the...

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Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

Katherine Mansfield: The mind I...

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown...

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Golda Meir: To be or...

Golda Meir: To be or...

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the...

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Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

Marie Antoinette: Qu'ils mangent de...

'Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.' Let them eat cake.

Source: Traditional but wrong...

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not...

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bell hooks: The academy is...

bell hooks: The academy is...

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation --but...

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Gilda Radner: While we have...

Gilda Radner: While we have...

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die -- whether it is our...

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