Quotes About Empowerment

I feel truly blessed to be one of the many black women who are leading ladies on television.

For me, it's comfort over style always, ladies!

I think Li Na and some other Chinese ladies have done so many amazing things for Asian tennis.

I can't imagine living in a time where us women had to dress like 'ladies' because that is what was expected of us.

Don't think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There's no legislative authority; you're not elected. And that's a wonderful gift of freedom.

Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.

The biggest thing about 'Lady Macbeth' is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn't be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.

The life of the President's First Lady would not have been for me. And I don't know how I would have been as a housewife.

I'm a true woman, not a Bond girl. That's why I say all the time, 'James Bond lady,' 'James Bond woman.'

Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.

I decided to be this bearded lady in 2011.

I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

Even though I'm over 35, I feel like so much more of a leading lady than I did when I was 30.

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.

I'm never going to look like a Nordic model, so I play with what I've got. Instead of going gray, I dye my hair bright colors; I have bad vision, so I wear sparkly glasses. I embrace that I look like a crazy lady.

You men make up these rules, and now you get mad because I'm telling you what a real woman wants. She wants you to treat her like a lady if you want her to sit up there and put on all the lingerie!

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

I don't feel like the 'first,' or the last, or a lady. I am Brigitte Macron!