Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.
- Shirley Chisholm
My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?
- Shirley Chisholm
Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.
- Shirley Chisholm
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
- Shirley Chisholm
If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
- Shirley Chisholm
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.
