Beyonce Feminist Quotes & Sayings

I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like 'bootylicious.' — Beyonce Knowles

In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm. — Margaret Wertheim

I had throat cancer, and I had to have radiation treatments, and I couldn't sing for a long time; and this was in '97. I had 28 radiation treatments. I didn't die, thank God. — Levon Helm

That word can be very extreme ... But I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything? I'm just a woman and I love being a woman. If you're attractive then you can't be sexy, and you can't be intelligent? What is all of that?
-from Vogue — Beyonce Knowles

We are made for the same home and power that raised Christ from the dead. — Lysa TerKeurst

If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with. — Alexander Payne

I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop. — Bohumil Hrabal

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence. — Beyonce Knowles

Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don't change? — Beyonce Knowles

The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens. — Beyonce Knowles

Paul Harvey was the most listened to man in the history of radio ... There is no one who will ever come close to him. — Paul Harvey

To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere between the angels and the French. — Mark Twain

We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities. — Beyonce Knowles

Beyonce is not above critique. As a feminist herself, I hope Beyonce would welcome it. — Roxane Gay

The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive. — Beyonce Knowles

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen — Compton Mackenzie

He will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father. — Beyonce Knowles

Do what boxers do, sway with the punches. Don't resist. If any of what happens at work gets to you, just let it. You won't be able to shut it out in the long term anyway. Take it bit by bit, release it like a dam, don't let it collect until the wall develops cracks. — Jo Nesbo

The main purpose of our time is to establish God's Kingdom on this earth. — Sunday Adelaja

And as a writer, your self-worth is literally based on the last thing you wrote. — Amy Winehouse

My message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection. — Beyonce Knowles

I'm a workaholic and I don't believe in 'no.' If I'm not sleeping, nobody's sleeping. — Beyonce Knowles

I am a woman and when I think, I must speak. — Beyonce Knowles

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence. — Beyonce Knowles

Our usual attitude is of 'I am this'. Separate consistently and perseveringly the 'I am' from 'this' or 'that', and try to feel what is means to be, just to be, without being 'this' or 'that'. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present something that people would be interested in reading and looking at as well. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Prayer consists in the transformation of what we do in the name of Jesus to what Holy Spirit does in us as we follow Jesus. — Eugene H. Peterson

Perfection is a disease of a nation. — Beyonce Knowles