A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ 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

“ In nature nothing exists alone. ”

— Rachel Carson, 1962

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

— Mae Jemison

“ The world needs all kinds of minds. ”

— Temple Grandin, 2010

“ 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 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

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

— Ellen Ochoa

“ 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

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

— Ada Lovelace

“ 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

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

— Hedy Lamarr

“ 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