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Quotes About Progress

I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started.
~ Maryse Alberti
It's an objective fact, that if you want to solve some of these huge, kind of bigger problems of extreme poverty, you have to include the women. They're the ones who will get it done.
~ Matt Damon
Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
~ Melinda Gates
As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.
~ Melinda McGraw
We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.
~ Michelle Bachelet
I'm representing women in a cool way
~ Miley Cyrus
I'm offended by the is-ought fallacy, which has been used to justify slavery, women not being allowed to vote, children working in factories.
~ Moby
no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.
~ Molly Ivins
I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.
~ Nancy Pelosi
Women have come a long way, but it never fails to sadden me when I see younger women saying we have to overcome some obstacles.
~ Nancy Pelosi
With the young generation, there are even more women than men making movies right now.
~ Natalie Portman
Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.
~ Natasha Leggero
The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.
~ Nicholas D. Kristof
Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.
~ Nina Jacobson
A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975 that women had a guaranteed right to serve on federal juries.
~ Noam Chomsky
After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed.
~ Noel Clarke
I'm still trying to do films about black women.
~ Pam Grier
By March, 70 percent of women would be employed.
~ Patience Jonathan
I think we're much more comfortable with women as policy makers.We're not there yet, but the comfort zone is much wider than it was when I came.
~ Patricia Schroeder
This is a long-delayed, hard-won, and badly needed victory for millions of women.
~ Patty Murray
We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.
~ Paul Feig
Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.
~ Phyllis Bottome
I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as women politicians.
~ Preneet Kaur
Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.
~ Octavia Spencer