Quotes About Empowerment

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

Recuso-me a ser escravo de algum apetite.

You don't need the truth to set you free, just a little courage.

Don't fight reality. Influence it.

Forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which pettie thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

In my mind I think Africa is one of the few places that can be infantilized and denigrated freely without consequences or due regard to local peoples' sensitivities.

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.

Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.

We're going to have to fight to win. The logic of procrastination has been destroyed. A people can never be so repressed that they can't strike back in some way. We will purge the poltroons and fight. Or just ignore them.

What have been called "women's issues" are freedom issues. Body control. The right of human beings to control their own bodies is a freedom issue. Respect. The right of human beings to be treated institutionally with respect as a human being is a freedom issue.

When the poor man loose control of the best in himself... it ain't his fault at all, it is the fault of people who go 'round making poppits of other poor people.

Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it's about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away.

Past tears are present strength.

A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.

journalists fea their loss of authority in the digital age will undermine their ability to hold government to account. Yet the government has much more to worry about because the internet has empowered vested interests, and Oppositions, in a way that effectively cancel an election result within weeks of the final ballot being counted. p236

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

If you want people to work hard and succeed, there are times when you've got to let them find their own way. Overmanaging is a constant danger.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

Si dejas que se den cuenta de que sus palabras te hacen daño, jamás te librarás de las burlas. Si te ponen un mote, recógelo y transfórmalo en tu nombre.