Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente
Jan. 4, 1922 - Sept. 1, 1999

I well remember back in the 1970s going to the Houses of parliament to lobby a Welsh MP, who was proposing to get the old Witchcraft Act back on the Statute Book, after some silly posturing on TV by our old friend Alex Sanders. The MP and his wife, proved to be very nice people and gave me tea in the tearoom of the "House of Commons". I do not know what sort of person they expected to meet, but after I had talked to them and explained what present day witchcraft was really all about, I am glad to say that the proposed ban on witchcraft never materialized. I remember too, telling the representatives of the media who questioned me about my visit, that witches would consider going to "International Court of Justice" to claim our civil rights, if such a ban ever again did become law in this country.   ...National Conference of the Pagan Federation, Nov. 22, 1997

Brianna #003

Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time.

-- Jeanette Winterson, 1959 - living '06

It's the friends you can call up
at 4am that matter.

Marlene Dietrich, 1901 - 1992

If you can't be a good example --
 then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

Catherine Aird, 1930 - ???
(Kinn Hamilton McIntosh)

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Katharine Hepburn, 1907 - 2003

Valerie #007

I eat enough dead animals.
I don't want to wear them!

Teensy : the Mother character  from "Ya-Yas in Bloom"
by Rebecca Wells, 1952 - living '08

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Rebecca Parton, 1946 - living '08

Men say they love independence in a woman,
but they don't waste a second
demolishing it brick by brick.

Candice Patricia Bergen, 1946 - living '08

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being - hitting my head
on the top bunk bed until I faint.

Erma Bombeck, 1927 - 1996

Trust in God - she will provide.

British suffragette, Mrs. Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858 -1928
 

One of the oldest human needs is
having someone to wonder where you are
when you don't come home at night.

Margaret Mead, 1901 - 1978

Women are systematically degraded
by receiving the trivial attentions
which men think it manly to pay to the sex,
when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting
their own superiority.

Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797

Mariah #040

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1815-1902

We are taught you must blame your father,
your sisters, your brothers, the school,
the teachers -- you can blame anyone,
but never blame yourself.
It's never your fault.

But it's always your fault,
because if you wanted to change,
you're the one who has got to change.
It's as simple as that, isn't it?

Katharine Hepburn, 1907 - 2003

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too. but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Helen Hayes Brown, 1900 - 1993

A man's home may seem to be his castle
on the outside but inside
it is more often hus nursery.

Clare Booth Luce, 1903 - 1987

Whatever women do, they must do twice
as well as men, to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not hard.

Charlotte Whitton, 1896 - 1975

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

Quote is by :
Hon. Faith Ryan Whittlesey, 1939 - living '08
Ginger Rogers, 1911 - 1995
nee Virginia Katherine McMath

Last words before she was murdered :

"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

Táhirih Fátimih Baraghání, 1814-'20? - 1852

Personally, I think if a woman hasn't
met the right man by the time she is 24,
she may be lucky.

The Rubicons which women must cross,
the sex barriers which they must breach,
are ultimately those that exist
in their own minds.

Professor Freda Adler, 1955 - living '08

Getting ahead in a difficult profession
requires avid faith in yourself.
That is why some people with mediocre talent
but with great inner drive, go much further
than people with vastly superior talent.

Sophia Loren, 1934 - living '08

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune -- without the words,
And never stops at all...

Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that it was amateurs who built the ark. And professionals who built the Titanic.

This is all over the web as : Anonymous.

He who loses money, loses much;
he who loses a friend, loses much more,
he who loses faith, loses all.

Former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 - 1962

There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a [heck] of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

Roseanne Barr,  - living '08

Well behaved women rarely make history.

Prof. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 1938 - living '08

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the [heck] happened.
-- and --
Inside me lives a skinny woman crying
to get out.  But I can usually shut the [b---]
up with cookies.

Cora Harvey Armstrong, living '08

Beauty such as this is a gift,
and I'm often in awe of this world
we've been given.

Bonnie Turner (Mrs Bonnie) - FlintHillKennel.com  ...was killed in an Atlanta Ga. tornado, Sat., March 15th, 2008... that made a direct hit on her and her husband Michael's 86 acre animal refuge farm, where she bred small dogs. Many animals were killed outright or missing. Michael was seriously hurt but expected to recover.

In passing, also, I would like to say
that the first time Adam had a chance,
he laid the blame on a woman.

Nancy Witcher Astor, 1879 - 1964
Viscountess Astor, CH

I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberators-- they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?

Barbra Streisand, 1942 - living '08

If you pray you will have faith,
and if you have faith,  you will want to serve.

Mother Teresa, 1910-1997

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me."   Erma Bombeck, 1927 - 1996

The more ragged and dirty I look,
the better I can play [act].

Mary Pickford, 1892 - 1979

Love yourself first
and everything else falls into line.
You really have to love yourself
to get anything done in this world.

Lucille Désirée Ball, 1911 - 1989

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906

Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste for power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy those needs through the achievements of surrogates, whether husbands, children, or  merely role models.

Senator Elizabeth Dole, 1936 - living '08
(Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole)

"Unbosom yourself,"said Wimsey.
"Trouble shared is trouble halved."

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks, 1913 - 2005

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