"Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt." ― Shirley Chisholm Topic(s): Society More From Shirley Chisholm "At present, our country needs women’s idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else." "The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It’s a girl." More In Society "Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future."― Brian Tracy "The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."― Dietrich Bonhoeffer "The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear."― Samuel Smiles