There was virtually no aspect of twentieth-century defense technology that had not been touched by the hands and minds of female mathematicians.

Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.

They turned their desks into a trigonometric war room, poring over equations scrawling ideas on blackboards, evaluating their work, erasing it, starting over.

For twelve school years, every morning, she had turned left out the front door to get to work. Now the taxi turned right, spiriting her off in the opposite direction.

West Virgina never left Katherine's heart, but Virginia was her destiny.

Their dark skin, their gender, their economic status--none of those were acceptable excuses for not giving the fullest rein to their imaginations and ambitions.

Expertise in a subfield was the key to a successful career as an engineer, and expertise was becoming a necessity for the mathematicians and computers as well.

I am a firm believer in the ‘Power of Persuasion.’Insomuch as, whatever you believe are your limitations, will become your limitation.

If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction.

Live a life of faith, hope and love.

The reflection is as real as the reflected till you touch it!

Paris is a woman but London is an independent man puffing his pipe in a pub.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Both of them can get it. They can line up. I'll fight both of them in one night, and I bet it won't go 12 rounds.

If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.