Bad Ass Quotes - Page 12

Done sayin I'm done playin

You have to stay strong when it gets tough.

Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

I love the John Glenn model... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.

In Alien, Sigourney Weaver's role was written for a man. In Salt, Angelina Jolie's role was written for Tom Cruise. These things, when reversed, do prove to be just as exciting and entertaining with women in leading roles.

I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty.

You can be feminine and strong, at the same time. You can be a bad-ass and, at the same time, have a vulnerableness when you're hysterically crying, like most of us girls.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to find your own coven of bad-asses that you trust and want to empower.

Sebastian, en Español, is a bad ass name.

I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of on ice. The rest will come on its own.

I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for

You're beautifully and wonderfully made.

When being a stunt double, my job has always a supportive role, which is interesting, really. Part of what I really like about it is making a situation where people can just come out of their shell and be super bad-ass. That's exciting!

I grew up in the 80s in England: we'd wake up each morning and look out the window to see if the government had finally put Daleks on the streets.

The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition their government for redress.

What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?

I've always said that I want to play a neo-femme action star, and I kind of got to do that in this movie-of-the-week called "Wyvern," where I got to shoot a gun and be a little bad-ass, but I'd like to do that even further. I'm dorky myself. I'll play "Zelda" for 10 hours.

There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is something I'd love to play. You don't get those roles, as a female, and especially as an indigenous female. There aren't those roles out there, so I want that. I want women to see a strong, sexy female without showing her body too much.

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

If you touch me, I said pleasantly, "I'll provide you with the ability to see if you can heal yourself. Then we'd see how bad ass you really are."

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!

I believe there's 31 flavors to be tasted. . . I'm just living my life. I don't want to be your kind of good.

Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome!

I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation.