Angela Bettis Quotes

Every woman inspires me.

I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.

Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

In my videos, I always want to be a powerful woman. That's my mission.

I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.

As a representative of women let my message be: Yes you can.

We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.

As women, we should set an example and make others feel confident that they can do amazing things as well.

I'm not a goddess, for crying out loud. I'm a regular person who took feminism - which I have a deep connection to - and mixed it with music, which I really love to do.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.

I would like to say to children, 'Don't stop drawing. Don't tell yourself you can't draw.' Everyone can draw. If you make a mark on a page, you can draw.

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.

Pharrell is a person who has influenced the world. I see myself in him, so I said, 'You're an alpha, and I'm an alpha, and I want to be able to express myself in every way, like you do.'

The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.

I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock n' roll thing.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

I respect women that have a voice and use it for a proper reason.

Giving the gift of courage is contagious.

I think I'm always inspired by really, really funny, amazing women, but I'm also inspired by really funny, amazing men. I think there's more of a feminist voice, like with Amy Schumer being out right now, whom I adore.

I believe in women having a voice, being empowered, speaking up, and having ideas.