Hidden Figures Quotes

Separate and equal are two different things. Just ’cause it’s the way, doesn’t make it right.

Every time we have a chance to get ahead, they move the finish line.

You act right, you are right. That’s for certain.

We go from being our father’s daughters to our husband’s wives to our babies’ mothers.

There are no colored bathrooms in this building or any building outside the West Campus, which is half a mile away. Did you know that? I have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself. And I can’t use one of the handy bikes. Picture that, Mr. Harrison. My uniform, skirt below my knees, my heels, and a simple string of pearls. Well, I don’t own pearls. Lord knows you don’t pay coloreds enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog, day and night, living off of coffee from a pot none of you wanna touch! So, excuse me if I have to go to the restroom a few times a day.

They let women do some things at NASA, Mr. Johnson. And it’s not because we wear skirts, it’s because we wear glasses.

Here at NASA, we all pee the same color.

Whoever gets there first will make the rules.

We all get to the peak together or we don’t get there at all.