Roisin Murphy Quotes

You own your identity; it is important to feel that way.

I have an expression I use as I've gone around the world through my career: 'You never tell another man or woman what's in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.'

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.

A woman is more than the sum of her parts.

I've had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It's sad and it really hurts. I want to tell people not to use the word. Don't say your friend's retarded when they do something foolish. If you have a disability, keep working hard. Whatever it takes, do it, and don't be mean to people.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.

I don't want to travel around this world and have these kids treat me like I'm someone they're not, because I'm not doing anything that they can't do.

You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.

Keeping your sense of self is important.

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!

Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.

I state in my book 'Become Your Own Matchmaker,' confidence is the key to any endeavor. Women don't realize that when they do things they love and are passionate about - their confidence soars. Men are attracted to women who feel happy and decisive about life.

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.