A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Marie Curie

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

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

— Mae Jemison

“ 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

“ 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

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

— Jane Goodall

“ 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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 am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race. ”

— Madam C.J. Walker

“ I've always held on to that America that I know, that I love, that does welcome refugees with open arms. ”

— Ilhan Omar, 2019

“ Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. ”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“ It's important to make sure the people building software for our clients are representative of the people using it because they will more likely know what the users are going to ultimately need. ”

— Amy Lynch, 2018

“ There is not an industry I can think of where there is equal pay for equal work, or abuse of power doesn't exist, for men and for women. And so equality is not a political issue, it's a humanitarian issue. ”

— Cate Blanchett, 2018

“ My vision for the Me Too Movement is a part of a collective vision to see a world free of sexual violence, and I believe we can build that world. ”

— Tarana Burke