Quotes About Empowerment

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs?

I'm encouraging these women, like Cheryl Strayed, to take the jump to writing for the screen. She is adapting her book Tiny Beautiful Things for us. They're infinitely capable of tackling the format.

"Legally Blonde 2" wasn't written specifically for a black woman.

"Southland" was not written for a black woman.

When are four women ever happy for another woman getting something they'd love to have? Tell me that.

I once took on the role of the Batman for a commercial about equal pay for women.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.

I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right.

A call for women... To rise up what it really takes for the reward of financial freedom.

There are tons of ways women can get into the sport easly. I think it is not as intimidating as many people think it is.

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more creeping.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

The war gave women like her opportunities, not a feminist movement, and if the opportunities dwindled after the war, she feels that it was because women didn't want them.

Why are women still this underclass? If we all banded together...

When I started out, some women comics were jealous of other women comics, thinking, "If she gets "The Tonight Show," I can't." My philosophy always was, "If she did, I can too."

A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.

Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

The furthest possible thing from the truth is that I hate or dislike women.