Ida Lupino Quotes

I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.

When Mitt Romney talks about women, when he says he believes that we can do any job a man can do, I know from experience that he's speaking from the heart.

A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.

I'm always disappointed by women who say they prefer working with men. What is that all about? I love working with women, I love the company of women.

There weren't many women ahead of me.

I feel like a lot of women have been questioning their role in their workplaces and society, opportunities that they may have missed or haven't spoken up for.

Now we're in an environment where women are increasingly having a huge impact and adding a lot of value to our industry. And women are celebrated if they raise their hand and say, 'Hey, you're missing my value. You're not recognizing what I'm doing.'

In the old world of business, there was often just one seat at the leadership table for women, two at best. That meant that only so many women could advance. But in a world where women recognize the power that they own - and where technology can upend the traditional rules of engagement - one woman winning doesn't mean another loses.

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.

My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't do to what we can.

Women as a raw demographic unit exercise incredible power across every element of American life.

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.

Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

There are not many roles where women are really active.

When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.