A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

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

— Marie Curie

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

— Hedy Lamarr

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

— Ellen Ochoa

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Ada Lovelace

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

— 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

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

— Mae Jemison

“ I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there, I was promoted to the washtub. From there, I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there, I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. ”

— Madam C.J. Walker

“ I'm definitely not all Asians, but the thing that I've always done is aggressively been myself. ”

— Awkwafina, 2018

“ When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. ”

— Malala Yousafzai

“ There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard. ”

— Madam C.J. Walker

“ Women can help turn the world right side up. We bring a more collaborative approach to government. And if we do not participate, then the decisions will be made without us. ”

— Wilma Mankiller, 1993

“ I think having a baby sliced out of you is pretty hardcore. ”

— Ali Wong, 2015