Dee Dee Myers Quotes

We still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling.

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

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

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.

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be.

We've got to get women to sit at the table.

The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.

I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.

When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

It is the rank and file - the average woman - for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly.

If we can blast a woman into space, we can launch a woman into the White House.

The creation of a peaceful and sustainable world civilization will be impossible without the full participation of women in every arena of human activity.36 While this proposition is increasingly supported, there is a marked difference between intellectual acceptance and its implementation.

Feminists don't honor successful women. You never hear them talking about Margaret Thatcher. Take Condoleezza Rice. She's a remarkable, successful woman. You don't hear the feminists talk about her or Carly Fiorina or Jeanne Kirkpatrick.

It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only get seen, but to get it to Broadway.

We want to see women in more power positions, not just in front of the screen but behind the screen as well.

The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

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

I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.

Not only do we need more women in the technology sector, we also clearly need to refocus energy on improving gender equality in the global economy.

I say to the women out there, remember how difficult it was for women like Justice O'Connor starting out. Even though she graduated with top grades, she had to take a job as a legal secretary. Remember how far we have come.

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

Women are rising. It's going to get harder before it gets easier, but we can do it if we realize that we have the power. Women will always be the leaders of change.