Elaine Sciolino Quotes

My mission in life is to assist women in social and political empowerment through business and education.

Many women have education. But education in professional matters is very different from education in politics and preparing to take leadership roles in the society

When I started at the Wall Street Journal after college in 1990, there were lots of smart women around me all the time. They were writing for the paper, serving as managing editor, winning Pulitzers and anchoring the weekend show I worked on. It was so inspiring to me.

I started out as the assistant to the editor-in-chief at 'Ebony' magazine. She took me under her wing and gave me opportunities to take on bigger responsibilities very early on in my career.

Hillary Clinton had scheduled an interview while I was at the height of the Weinstein reporting, and her folks got in touch and said, 'We hear you're working on a big story,' sounded very concerned, and tried to cancel the interview.

There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.

To this day, I have an open door policy. I seek out interns and young women and try to help them. Women mentors were important to me, and I want to do that for others.

I think it would be incredible for this country if we could have our first woman president.

I didn't go into politics because I'm a woman. I have done this because I have been interested in politics my whole life.

I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace.

I would love for there to be a female president.

Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the United States.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

As we've seen time and again, women and girls who are out there working, they are truly force multipliers, spreading opportunity through their families and communities - and not just by creating programs and nonprofit organizations, not just by hiring other women, but also by serving as role models themselves.

As a CEO, I want to show women that there are no limits to what they can achieve, whether through entrepreneurship, government, science or any path they choose, and there is plenty of room for women at the top.

I've wanted to interview Hillary Clinton since I was 15 years old.

There's only two things that I really care about - apart from family - one is business and the other is women in business.

Women, goals, empowerment, well-being, and women's health has always been important to me.

I started a campaign in South Africa called Unbreakable where I empower women all over my country with skills and knowledge how to handle difficult situations, and I really hope to use the Miss Universe platform to elevate that cause.

Because I've got younger sisters, I want to impart on them the possibility of being a strong woman in whatever role I choose.

The Conservatives don't need more women. They need women like Karren Brady.

To young professionals - and particularly women - looking to advance, it is imperative to keep your life in balance.

I consciously make an effort to get to know some of the women who may be in the middle of the organization - they're not at senior management levels - and try to figure out whether there's a new opportunity they can take on that enables them to shine and succeed in a way they may not have in the past.

Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don't talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody's leadership from afar.

I have never had an unsupportive female boss. I've had several female bosses. They've all been super supportive.