Aretha Franklin Feminist Quotes & Sayings

You're either ghetto or you're not. — Vince Staples

Axum might have been her first love. He might have part of her heart forever. But she's a different woman now, and that woman chose you. You've got the upper hand because you're here. If you still want her, fight for her. If you're not willing to do that, you don't deserve her." Using — Kirsten Beyer

You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints. — William Merritt Chase

In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege. — Michael Graves

George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.
This is a useful thing to know, perhaps a useful thing to point out when you find yourself thinking that possibly George is, indeed, your bitch, and should be out there typing what you want to read right now.
People are not machines. Writers and artists aren't machines. — Neil Gaiman

In the meantime: (1) be direct; (2) remember that, being smarter than men, women respond to courtesy and kindness; (3) if you want to know what kind of a wife someone will make, observe her around her father and mother; (4) as to who gets out of the elevator first, I just can't help you. — David Mamet

The circulating medium being issued only by those who labor, they would suddenly become invested with all the wealth and all the power; and those who did not labor, be they ever so rich now, would as suddenly become poor and powerless. — Josiah Warren

I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with. — Maggie Smith

Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way. — Beth Ditto

But what is the point of education at all? Is it merely to cultivate the capacity of memory, passing examinations and getting a job and all the rest, or is education something entirely different? Something more! — Jiddu Krishnamurti

If you set a clear standard for yourself; for how you wish to be treated - people take note. — Bryant McGill

Comparisons are like rigid fingers - eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it. — Richelle E. Goodrich

For me, that's the definition of being rich: it doesn't cross your mind to mention it to your best friend. And money is such a given you don't care how you come by it. — Andre Agassi

A war that includes four-year-olds with AK 47s is a war that no one can win - been if some men... go home victorious. — Alex Latimer

I live in the United States, and I'm not moving. But from the standpoint of food safety, the countries in Scandinavia do it better than we do. It's not that they don't have food-poisoning incidents; it's that there are many fewer in proportion to the population. — Marion Nestle

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. — Benjamin Booker