Quotes tagged ‘empowerment’

“If you don't stand up for yourself, who will?”

— Nancy Won, Mia Warren, Kerry Washington, imdb.com

“I'm shaking my shit up a little bit. You know, taking a chance on myself.”

— Lindy West, Alexandra Rushfield, Aidy Bryant, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com

“Woman, you are incredible and I want you to own it.”

— David Iserson, Susanna Fogel, Morgan, Kate McKinnon, imdb.com

“She’s dedicated to providing a steady income for the women artisans of Guatemala who’ve been weaving and beading their entire lives.”

— Brooke Bobb, Vogue, vogue.com

“Don't waste your brain on those weirdos, Unity. They're no different from any of the aimless chumps that you occupy. They just put you at the center of their lives because you're powerful. And then, because they put you there, they want you to be less powerful. Never gonna happen though, right?”

— Ryan Ridley, Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon, Rick Sanchez / Morty Smith (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com

“I feel like women can do whatever guys can do.”

— Leah Kudel, imdb.com

“I only know that I will never again trust my life, my future, to the whims of men, in companies or out. Never again will their judgment have anything to do with what I think I can do. That was the wonderful liberation of being divorced and having children. I did not mind failure, ever, but I minded…”

— Toni Morrison, theparisreview.org

“I'm too young to waste my time being sad over you anymore.”

— Faraway, weheartit.com

“You're scared. But maybe we're stronger than we think we are.”

— Margaret Atwood, Offred, Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

“I have what some people might call control issues. And I always have and since I was a kid, really, but the simple truth is that I can't do everything alone. So I have to empower the people that I choose to work with. See, it's not just about being in charge. It's about deciding how you want to be i…”

— Emmy Grinwis, Teddy McDonald, Carter Hudson, imdb.com

“Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“for the boy who lived. thank you for inspiring me to be the girl who survived. you may have a lightning bolt to show for it, but my body is a lightning storm.”

— Amanda Lovelace, instagram.com

“Vartox: On my planet, females bow before males. Supergirl: This is NOT your planet.”

— Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, Kara Danvers, Melissa Benoist, imdb.com

“Time alone with yourself is a space in your life for healing, learning, and empowerment.”

— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com

“So, a woman can’t go out like a man, huh? She takes pills. Swims out to sea or slits her wrists, but she ain’t got the guts to blotto the old face, isn’t that what you said Tony, huh? Here’s one woman who’s going to take it right between the big blues, just to show you how smart you really are.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, Erin Wolfe, Cathie Shirriff, imdb.com

“I'm all about empowerment. I empower my Cheerios to live in a state of constant fear by creating an environment of irrational, random terror.”

— Brad Falchuk, Sue Sylvester, Jane Lynch, imdb.com

“Xanthippe Voorhees: You don't have a cell phone? Kimmy Schmidt: Well I had a cell phone, Xan. Obvs. But I lost it. At the zoo. A monkey took it and she wouldn't give it back. Yeah, Xan. The monkey was a woman. Women can be anything these days.”

— Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Kimmy Schmidt, Ellie Kemper, imdb.com

“I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com

“My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential. Two things were important to her and she repeated them endlessly. One was to ‘be a lady,’ and that meant conduct yourself civilly, don’t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way. And the other was to be ind…”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com

“I like to believe I’m empowering the conversation to move toward a more inclusive space. But that’s not the only reason I’m doing it. I’m doing it because of who I am … it’s truth.”

— Nico Tortorella, etonline.com