Meryl Streep Quotes

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

Four out of five HSN corporate officers are women. I'm a believer that a diversity of mindset enables us to have an engaged conversation.

I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.

Half of my employees are women.

I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women... you get all of the different backgrounds. You don't want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I'm like, 'Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.'

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.

That's something I've been conscious of and want to make true in all jobs I do. It's important we have women at the front and centre.

We want the next generation of products being innovated to reflect our users. And when women are not part of the equation, we won't have products that reflect the unique needs and opportunities across our society.

The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.

To be honest, women just make us smarter. They make us better. I've noticed that in my workplace. I've noticed that at home. I've noticed that in my past experiences in life.

In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.

I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!

When I came to M.I.T. in 1960, only 4 percent of the students were female. Today, it's about 40 percent of undergraduates. At Lincoln Lab, they had 1,000 men and two women. But we had a very good boss, and he treated us just like everybody else.

Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.

I think it will be great if we have more female directors in the world.

The business world needs the best talent from both genders to compete in an ever-changing environment and drive innovation.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

If we do want to bring a woman in to direct a 'Star Wars'... we don't want to talk somebody into it.

I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country.

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.