Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.

Women should not let anybody take them for a ride. If they face such things, they should talk about it.

For so long, women have been waiting to get recognized. The world doesn't work that way. We need to teach girls that it's OK to ask for what you want when it comes to your salary or whatever it is you want to enhance your career. No one is going to notice you no matter how amazing you are.

I never considered myself less worthy than a man in football. Never. Never, never, never.

I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside. In my work I fight for, I hope, showing women in a true way. They've got brains.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn't suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying.

I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.

I respect women that have a voice and use it for a proper reason.

I think anybody has - regardless of your gender, we all have equal value. If you have value to bring and value to provide, you just have to be willing to use your voice.

I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.

I 100% want to support the movement, #MeToo and Time's Up. We are a sisterhood.

I was never going to be one of those women who put their career on hold, who put their hand out to their husband to ask permission. I used to think that was the worst.

I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.

I think the most important thing is to, without belligerence, stand up for what want. Argue compellingly if someone tries to change your script.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn't have put up with guys treating us less than equal.

I once heard an exec say, "If you don't ask for it, we can't give it to you." We can't go through our lives just being grateful for everything.

Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

I feel bad that people think that "feminism" is a dirty word. I don't understand that at all, I'm proud to be labeled a feminist. I consider myself a person who has throughout my entire life stood up for myself. It's never been my ambition to be someone who takes a backseat to anything. I'm not a male basher at all. I divide people into assholes and non-assholes, and that's genderless. I encounter sexism everyday.

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.