Shirley Chisholm was a famous Politician from USA, who lived between November 3, 1924 and January 1, 2005. He/she became 80 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding.
Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Shirley, under the main topic Equality.
11 Famous quotes by Shirley Chisholm
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas"
"There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price"
"I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential"
"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl"
"When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses"
"Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission"
"At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else"
"Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt"
"Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black"
"The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves"
"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth"
