Simone Giertz Quotes

Don't think of yourself as a woman in business.

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.

I don't think that there's any Marine out there that says she can't do the job because she's a female.

a nation would not profit under a woman as its leader

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

Being a woman has helped my career more than it's hindered it.

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.

I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit.

There's no prize for being the best woman.

I think that a big shame of how women are approached in business is they're oftentimes looked to for perspective and not implementation.

I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

I've never thought of myself as a female engineer or founder or a woman in tech. I just think of myself as someone who's passionate.

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.

You always hear about how women working together will catfight.

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

I've never had a problem in a male-dominated sector. Results speak for themselves.

Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued.

In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.