Quotes About Influence

I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.

I feel it's so important to have strong women around you.

Sometimes women are so great and powerful, but then they surrender to these vain things. They kind of fall for it.

The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

Powerful women are a threat in any society which is why I am such a target.

My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.

Although birth control is a part of my plan now, it won't necessarily be a year from now. I want to use my platform to inspire other women out there.

When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.

Women have an important contribution to make.

Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models.

I believe the world will fundamentally change the more women become economically empowered.

My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire to be a strong woman like my mother. She is my hero.

All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world.

I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!

One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.

A priest can achieve great victories with an army of women at his command.

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.

Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain the pulpits.

We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics.