A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ”

— Jane Goodall

“ Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men. I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better. ”

— Katherine Johnson

“ Don't be afraid to reach for the stars. I believe a good education can take you anywhere on Earth and beyond. ”

— Ellen Ochoa

“ I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed, anything that could be counted, I did. ”

— Katherine Johnson

“ A willingness to ask questions and to learn, that is what is important. ”

— Ellen Ochoa

“ I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted. ”

— Alan Turing, 1950

“ What's above us connects us. Every group of people around the world have looked up at the stars for thousands of generations. ”

— Mae Jemison

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show. ”

— Ada Lovelace

“ Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. ”

— Mae Jemison

“ I think it's very important to get more women into computing. My slogan is: Computing is too important to be left to men. ”

— Karen Spärck Jones

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

“ Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid. ”

— Hedy Lamarr

“ Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. ”

— Marie Curie

“ The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. ”

— Ada Lovelace, 1843

“ The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. ”

— Gloria Steinem

“ If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. ”

— Shirley Chisholm

“ Being non-violent is not being a coward. It's one of the most powerful tools because even those who pick up guns are cowards. ”

— Leymah Gbowee, 2011

“ Truth is powerful and it prevails. ”

— Sojourner Truth

“ A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. ”

— Sonia Sotomayor, 2013

“ We have to protect our body and our mind. It just sucks when you're fighting with your own head. ”

— Simone Biles, 2021