A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Hedy Lamarr

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ 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

“ 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 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

“ 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

“ People will never forget how you made them feel. ”

— Maya Angelou

“ I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years. ”

— Amy Tan, 1989

“ There are years that ask questions and years that answer. ”

— Zora Neale Hurston, 1937

“ I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. ”

— Angela Davis

“ One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. ”

— Simone de Beauvoir, 1949