Quotes About Empowerment

I don't want to be a punching bag.

God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.

You cannot change who you are, so don't punish yourself for your shortcomings. Know who you are, give it your best, and celebrate it.

If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.

I am very grateful to punk because I was a girl, and I felt like if I got in a band, I'd be kind of a novelty act, but punk was all about non-discrimination. No one cared because it was punk, so, you know, anyone could do anything they wanted.

That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

Everyone knows queers and women invented punk.

I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations various authorities have for you.

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

Punk was a very liberating force.

The whole punk scene is, of course, responsible for the Go-Go's ever getting created. Because before punk rock happened, you couldn't start a band if you didn't know how to play an instrument. But when punk happened it was like, 'Oh, it doesn't matter if you can play or not. Go ahead, make a band.' And that's exactly what the Go-Go's did.

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and I was like, 'Don't ever not be punk. Don't ever not be punk.' Telling that to myself, I guess it was like self-defense against the scary world around me.

I want every Labour Council to lead a revolution in opening horizons for pupils and making better educational chances everyone's business.

I'm not anybody's puppet.

Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.

I'm not a puppet in anyone's hands.

I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

I always say I want creative control. A lot of people don't think about that. And that's what every artist should think of - being creative and not just a puppet.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

We're giving our customer access to things she wouldn't have otherwise purchased, either because it wasn't smart to buy it, or she couldn't afford it.

I'm happy that good works by young artists with limited chances will see the light of day by my purchasing them.

When I'm doing drag, I get to just be a pure channel for it.