Quotes About Empowerment

People power is way more powerful than anything. The sooner everyone understands that, the better.

Bam understands the concept of a team and bringing out more out of somebody else, and he finds enjoyment and pride out of making somebody else better.

My favorite thing about my grandmother is her lust for life and how much she has shown me about living every day to the fullest. To say my grandmother has paved the way for me and so many women out there like me is an understatement.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.

Apple, of all the global tech companies, was the one that understood why artists make things.

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices.

One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

They understood why I left ER. It wasn't just about a guy.

I believe every woman's body is beautiful in its own way. I have never understood that just because a woman has thick thighs, she is considered fat. For so long, I've been around in the modeling world and have tried to break that barrier. But I think now it's turning around.

The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that needs women.

If you look back on professions, when they became undervalued and paid less, women tended to do better in them.

Every girl loves posing in her underwear. It's always fun to do that.

Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.

For me, it feels empowering to walk down a runway in my underwear!

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

When I get home, I'm not the boss like I am at work - I slip into a more feminine role. I take everything off and put on my Stella McCartney silk robe. I'll put on a red lip or red nails, and it lifts my mood. Sexy underwear also gives you a spark.

My theory is that big underwear makes big girls look bigger.

My deal was that they would use a full-length picture of me in my underwear and a full-length picture of me all done up, and they would write about how long it took and how much it cost, because that was the whole point. It was very liberating.

These days, you have the option of staying home, blogging in your underwear, and not having your words mangled. I think I like the direction things are headed.

Legendary photographer Annie Leibowitz persuaded us to pose in our underwear. When the magazine hit the stands we were horrified to see the caption 'Go-Go's Put Out.' Regardless, I was extremely excited to see us at every newsstand on every corner, our faces on the cover of 'Rolling Stone!'