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

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

— Marie Curie

“ 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 world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

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

— Jane Goodall

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

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

— Ellen Ochoa

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ Voter suppression is real. From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no longer ignore these threats to democracy. ”

— Stacey Abrams, 2018

“ This whole thing is a talent issue. Women is a talent issue. It's not a gender issue. ”

— Indra Nooyi

“ I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. ”

— Nina Simone

“ No medal, no accolade or exam results are more important than your mental health. ”

— Simone Biles

“ The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. ”

— Ida B. Wells

“ So why does Wimbledon choose to place a lesser value on my championship trophy than that of the 2005 men's winner Roger Federer? ”

— Venus Williams, 2006