Quotes About Empowerment

Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.

Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'

A lot of people believe women can't do tech-y stuff. Becoming nerdy doesn't have to mean the short-haired guy, but can be the woman with very long, beautiful hair.

'Thelma & Louise' really hit a nerve, and I loved that movie.

I love playing women who have the nerve to do things that I don't have the nerve to do, and Berta is certainly one of those.

People throw insults at you, and sometimes they hit a nerve - and it's about not showing that, because they will pick on that. Don't feed the trolls!

If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

After I lost my legs, I got invited to my old high school, and I shared my stories with all the classes. I remember I was so nervous and didn't know where to start, but I knew I had information they could take away.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net.

Since 1980, Republican shredding of the social safety net has disproportionately hit women, particularly women of colour.

There's a large risk to our society if a group of people doesn't have access to technology or even the desire to get on the Net and see what opportunities are out there. Technology can be a great equalizer.

Long before 2020, many Americans were in the position of patching their own safety net and acting as their own city hall.

It's so amazing that you can give somebody like David Fincher 'House of Cards,' and he can do whatever he wants - Netflix doesn't say, 'Oh, you can't do that,' or, 'We need a subplot here about this.' It's pretty neat that it is allowing the creatives to be creative.

The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show.

The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening.

In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. If you work in a hierarchy, you may not want to climb to its top.

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

A network did not make me, and therefore, a network cannot break me.

I realized that I'm increasingly in a position where I know a network of people, and I'm able to connect more or less anyone.

Women drive network television.

Speaking personally, as a first-time female founder, I would not be where I am today without an incredible network of fellow founders who have shared their challenges, advice, and hacks with me.