Good quotes

"Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult."

I can't be sexy and be a mother all at the same time...unless I can find a guy who thinks that baby food in my hair and nursing bras are sexy.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith… there is yet time.

Ah wanted to preach a great sermon about colored women sittin’ on high, but they wasn’t no pulpit for me

My opinion about homosexuality and homosexuals is exactly the same as my opinion about heterosexuality and heterosexuals. All depends on individuals and circumstances. I claim a general freedom of behavior.

"I would love to see marriage legalized for everyone; because lets face it love is love. And equality doesn’t exclude marriage!"

"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."

People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

I find it poor logic to say that women should vote because they are good. Men do not vote because they are good; they vote because they are male and women should vote, not because we are angels and men are animals, but because we are human beings and citizens of this country.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.

Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up.