Patricia Riggen Quotes

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

Women are underrepresented and neglected in all aspects of the entertainment industry, so naturally, those of us who want to make a change use any opportunity to shine a light on someone when we can.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that.

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors.

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.

Women need to be empowered through the strongest tool - education. They don't need to be subservient to anyone, but at the same time, men must change their mindset towards women. If they are more respectful towards them, then things will change at the grassroots level. It will happen slowly, but everyone has to move together.

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.

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

The term 'glass ceiling' was coined in 1984. More than 20 years later, the ceiling has barely cracked. There isn't a single country in the world that has as many female as male politicians. In business, the situation is even worse. Its highest echelon - the board - remains a chauvinist's dream.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.

Women are still second-class citizens.

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

It seems to me that women have made an awful lot of progress, but they probably remain underrepresented at the highest levels of most organizations, for a variety of reasons. And it's probably going to take a long time to change that.

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be a woman working in America. It looks very different to be a working woman in other places in the world.

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

As the highest-ranking Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives and the mom of two daughters, I believe if we're serious as a nation about empowering every American to pursue his or her own dreams, then true cases of gender discrimination need to be confronted.