Octavia Spencer Quotes

I think there is a role for us as women to contribute to the future of technology.

Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society.

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

When women succeed America succeeds.

Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

The country needs the political work of women today as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at any other time.

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The more there are, the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage.

It's important for women to continue to break through barriers in our industry, in politics, in Wall Street.

I'm grateful for the ascendancy of women in business and politics, which may yet advance the humanity of those callings.

The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.

Women have shown their skills and that's why they have been accepted in the industry. It's through their skill that they have managed to make a mark for themselves and also earned respect.

I believe that raising the status of women in Turkey is a responsibility shared by everyone. It is not only in Turkey; we are still in need of serious support for the role of women in business and society all around the world.

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.

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

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.

Women account for about 70% of Africa's food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions.

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.

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.

Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.

One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.

I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.

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