A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

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

— 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

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

“ 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

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

— Marie Curie

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

— Hedy Lamarr

“ 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

“ If Aristotle had cooked, he would have written much more. ”

— Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1691

“ Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives. ”

— Judith Heumann

“ Ever since I could form coherent thoughts, I knew I was a girl trapped inside a boy's body. There was never any confusion in my mind. ”

— Jazz Jennings, 2016

“ A feminist is a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. ”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2012

“ 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

“ Representation matters, not only representation mattering for Indigenous people, but also for people who are just everyday Americans. ”

— Deb Haaland, 2021