A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

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

— Ellen Ochoa

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

— Ada Lovelace

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

— Marie Curie

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

— 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

“ 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 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

“ 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

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

— Ellen Ochoa

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

“ Let's let everybody know it's okay to have a mental illness, it's okay to have an addiction problem. ”

— Demi Lovato, 2018

“ It means that we still have much ground to cover in order to have equality. There are laws to be made, culture to be changed and prejudice and stereotypes to be deconstructed. ”

— Gabi Andrade, 2022

“ Pressure is a privilege. ”

— Billie Jean King, 2008

“ If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else? ”

— RuPaul, 2009

“ Equality is intersectional and gives everyone freedom to be ourselves safely. ”

— Lila Schallert-Wygal

“ We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers. ”

— Bayard Rustin