A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

“ 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

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

— Marie Curie

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

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

— Hedy Lamarr

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Mae Jemison

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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 money part also allows you freedom, freedom to speak out, freedom to make bold choices, freedom to maybe go against your federation. ”

— Megan Rapinoe, 2022

“ What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. ”

— Sappho

“ Everyone thinks women should be thrilled when we get crumbs, and I want women to have the cake, the icing, and the cherry on top too. ”

— Billie Jean King

“ The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. ”

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 2011

“ To be pleasant, gentle, calm and self-possessed: this is the basis of good taste and charm in a woman. But women who are too vain and act pretentiously, to the extent that they make others feel uncomfortable, will themselves become the object of attention. ”

— Murasaki Shikibu, 1010

“ I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by myself. ”

— Trevor Noah, 2016