Every girl has to justify her life’s choices at some point or the other. The length of her hair, her choice of lip colour, the job that she does, her exceptional culinary skills or its lack thereof. More often than not, the sass queen in us wants to put her feet up and clap back, so that we are relieved from the ginormous responsibility of being a woman and a human at the same time. Here are 10 quotes for every sass queen! You need to these, girls!
1. On unrealistic beauty standards
‘If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?’ – Tina Fey, Source
2. Change is the only constant
‘The only person you can ever change is yourself; after you have done that and you are the best you that you can be, let go.’ – Twinkle Khanna, Source
3. Keeping it real, all the damn time
‘We are all entitled to our opinions and religious beliefs, but we are not entitled to make shit up and then use the shit we made up to oppress other people.’ – Cheryl Strayed, Source
4. Cracking open that glass ceiling
‘I was not aware, when I started out, that a woman doing comedy was supposed to be as rare as a monkey being able to quote Shakespeare.’ – Aditi Mittal, Source
5. Getting your priorities straight
‘We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important.’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Source
6. Embracing your flaws
‘Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.’ – Marilyn Monroe, Source
7. On bad boys
‘When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.’ – Sheryl Sandberg, Source
8. Setting your own goals
‘The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, “She can’t do that” then that’s the one I want to do.’ – Priyanka Chopra, Source
9. Being in charge
‘Sometimes you have to just pretend it was your plan to be really emotional and not have your sh*t together.’ – Mindy Kaling, Source
10. Farewell to good manners
‘Well-behaved women seldom make history.’ – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Source
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