A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

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

— Hedy Lamarr

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Ellen Ochoa

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

— Mae Jemison

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

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

— Marie Curie

“ 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

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

— Ellen Ochoa

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

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

— Ada Lovelace

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

— Reese Witherspoon

“ Everybody supports women until a woman's doing better than you. ”

— Sofia Isella, 2023

“ I became an artist, and thank god I did, because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life. ”

— Viola Davis, 2017

“ I want to reframe the narrative for the industry and allow everyone to express themselves authentically. ”

— Beckie Taylor

“ I remember when I decided to be open about my own personal mental health, it was scary to be that vulnerable and I didn't ever want anyone to think I am a victim. I thought by sharing my own story I could help others. ”

— Selena Gomez

“ Allyship doesn't fail because people don't care. It fails when the system around them makes it too hard to succeed. ”

— Jade Anderson