Chris Rock Quotes

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

I work hard and support myself.

The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

I've had the career experience. I've had the experience of taking care of myself. I'm going to college because I genuinely want to learn.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

Education, leading to financial independence, has surely made women more empowered.

I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career.

People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric.

The ability to secure an independent livelihood and honorable employ suited to her education and capacities is the only true foundation of the social elevation of woman, even in the very highest classes of society. While she continues to be educated only to be somebody's wife, and is left without any aim in life till that somebody either in love, or in pity, or in selfish regard at last grants her the opportunity, she can never be truly independent.

The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.

I was told that my going to college wouldn't be good for my career. I think that's nonsense. It's good to empower yourself by cutting yourself off from this business every once in a while.

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grown-up. Kim: I don't think you are either, buddy. But hey, you'll get it. It just takes practice.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth .

Master's degree in journalism served several purposes. It helped me to break down and understand scripts. And the discipline of getting my master's gave me a certain amount of confidence. I don't think college is the only path, but I enjoyed it and it worked out very well for me. I had some good friends with whom I could get a little crazy, but still be responsible. It was the perfect bridge from living at home to independence. I also love learning. I might have been a professional student and earned a couple of doctorates, if I didn't have to pay bills.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money - and the entire balance of power shifts.

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours.

Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.

If the careers want me, let them find me.