"Reigniting the revolution means I want us to notice all of this and find ways to encourage more women to step up and more companies to recognize what women bring to the table."

"There aren’t enough women sitting at the tables where decisions are made."

"If we could get to a place of true equality, where what we do in life is determined not by gender but by our passions and interests, our companies would be more productive and our home lives not just better balanced but happier."

"Colleges have a responsibility to keep our kids safe. Full stop. And protect them from hate. Full stop. And they have the ability to do this." [on 2024 Pro-Palestine College Protests]"

"I think denial is the worst. I think silence is the next worst." [on the sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7 hostage crisis]"

"I didn’t want people to say it was the first female ascent, I wanted to be the first person to climb the Eiger onsight and solo in winter (though I don’t know for sure that I was!)."

"I realized I don’t like aid climbing. It was boring. But I learned a lot about myself: [It was] long, four days of bad weather, couldn’t go out of my portaledge."

"I did the American Direct (ED1 5.10+ A0, 1,100m) on the Dru when I was 17. I was just an amateur. I was climbing because I liked climbing, but I didn’t know I would be able to do what I did after. It was just pleasure. I was still a child."

"When I’m free soloing, I feel O.K. I always have a big safety margin, I’m not struggling. You feel quite powerful and calm. If I ever felt afraid, I wouldn’t go. I don’t like to bet. That goes for everything. I don’t run after luck. With my publishing company, it’s exactly the same. I go step by step and build something."

"I won’t stop until women run half the companies and half the countries and men are doing half the housework."

"I think equal maternity and paternity leave are hugely important. How are we going to teach men to be equals if the average woman takes three months and the average man takes two weeks?"

"We need to get to equality in the home. We cannot have equality in the office until we have equality in the home. It can’t happen."

"The concrete things are men need to do more childcare and housework."

"But the women have to run in order to get elected. And right now, they are less inclined to do so."

"The word "female," when inserted in front of something, is always with a note of surprise."

"In our society, we don’t talk about gender, at all. I don’t understand how you fix a problem if you can’t acknowledge you have one."

"It’s the classic chicken-and-egg problem: we need more women leaders to show more women they can lead, and we need to show more women they can lead to get more women leaders."

"As a woman gets more successful, she is less liked by people of both genders, and as a man gets more successful, he does not take a likability hit."

"Real choice would mean that people were choosing based on their interests and personal passions, not based on their gender."

"When we say choice, we mean women get to choose to work or have families. We don’t mean men choose to work or have families."

"I think we need to expect and encourage our girls and women to lead and contribute."

"What has happened is that there aren’t women in leadership roles, therefore people don’t expect there to be women in leadership roles, therefore, there aren’t women in leadership roles."

"I think women in leadership suffer from stereotyping, and when people expect a stereotype and are reminded of a stereotype, that actually makes the stereotype stronger."

"If we start acknowledging what the real issues are, we can solve them. It’s not that hard."

"Women still largely have two jobs, and men have one."

"Next time you go to a party, watch what happens when a baby starts crying. Watch the parents and see who gets up."

"It’s the single most important career decision a woman makes: Is she going to have a life partner, and is that partner going to support her career? And by "support," I mean getting up in the middle of the night half the time to change diapers."

"I think the desire for leadership is largely culturally created and reinforced."

"The community response has been unbelievable to say the least. I am so humbled by the generosity of the communities we live in. Thank you for believing in our cause and contributing in so many different ways"

"To me, attending your grad, prom, is a rite of passage basically. It’s your reward for finishing high school and it’s an important milestone they all need to experience."

"I wanted to give people the opportunity to attend [prom] without feeling inferior towards anyone else because they couldn’t afford an outfit,"

"The real challenge for the future is... how we feed people well and sustainably, and make money for everybody. There is enough"

"The most fun is when you're a small operation and you manage people's expectations... There's a joy there of being really clear about what it is that you're offering"

"You have two layers: you have all the people you're looking after and then you have all the customers coming... There's a joy but also an obligation and a commitment to this life. And ultimately it was quite exhausting! I sometimes had to go home salary-less in December..."

"I came to business as a creative... As time went on I had to learn how to make business work, that wonderful trifecta of having your systems and your creativity and joy and love connect in some way..."

"... but I think few understand just what it takes to run a restaurant, keep a restaurant and look after 20 staff when you don't know what you're looking at... The conviviality of The Kitchen - I just knew it wasn't going to be the same again."

"They think they’re learning about barbecue, but it’s life skills, it’s a work ethic. It’s more than barbecue."

"We’re for all kids, but we make a point of trying to appeal to those with special needs, and not everyone is an athlete either. But everyone can learn how to barbecue."

"I will tell you this, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing children winning awards and seeing the boost in confidence they get"

"If it were not for the charity of others, I never could have provided for my siblings"

"Some would say I was born into underprivileged circumstances. I think of it as a gift. It made me who I am today, and that is a woman who is committed to working hard, having a clear perspective, putting my family first and giving back."

"I know firsthand what a life-changing difference charitable organizations can make, especially to a child, because I was one of those children"

"I wish Dakar is a clean city much more cultural"

"I'm happy when I finished my novel and seen my family after a good day of very exhausting works"

"What is important to me In my work is to exceed my limit to set myself challenges and be able to achieve them"