A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

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

— Mae Jemison

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

— Jane Goodall

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

— Ellen Ochoa

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ 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 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

“ I believe in embracing my vulnerability to inspire and impact others. ”

— Beckie Taylor

“ Feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. ”

— Emma Watson, 2014

“ 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

“ It's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. And you can get through this. ”

— Ian Wright, 2021

“ I encourage women to step up. Don't wait for somebody to ask you. ”

— Reese Witherspoon

“ If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ”

— Frederick Douglass, 1857