Role Models Quotes - Page 16

• When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Strong, Character, Female Role Models

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• I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Strong, Thinking, Female Role Models

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

  Curtis Joseph

  Kids, Responsibility, Thinking

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• My mother and father were perfect role models. They were together for 25 years and very much in love. But I've got too much to do now. I'm only 27.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Mother, Father, Years

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Our Generation, Personality, Generations

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• I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.

  Rory McIlroy

  Kids, People, Trying

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• Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.

  Scotty McCreery

  Idols, People, Perfect

  "Scotty McCreery Talks Fans, Faith & Post-'Idol' Fame". Interview with Beville Dunkerley, theboot.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I'm taking better care of myself by eating healthy, exercising and doing my best to keep my stress level down as well as role modeling good habits for my kids.

  Monica Potter

  Stress, Kids, Exercise

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• I am really looking forward to being a role model for girls.

  Janel Parrish

  Girl, Roles, Looking Forward

  "Skyler Shaye and Janel Parrish Worship at the Alter of the Bratz!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 24, 2007.

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• I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me.

  Susan Powter

  Kids, Roles, Models

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• Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.

  Donald Miller

  Men, Males, Roles

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 10, 2010.

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• My father was an inspiration to me; I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him - his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business - was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model.

  Hayley Mills

  Father, Inspiration, People

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• In her own special, provocative language, Tonya Bolden gives a voice to the voiceless, a name to the nameless. Revelations abound in Strong Men Keep Coming, her singular take on the endless parade of black men who have fought, sung, cajoled, tricked, worked, wrote, or roped their way into the American experience . She has assembled a most rewarding cast, a phenomenal coterie of role models and phantoms, and she has done a splendid job of telling their stories.

  Herb Boyd

  Strong, Jobs, Men

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• You can only aspire to what you see. That's why role modeling is important

  Regina Agyare

  Important, Roles, Modeling

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• I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.

  Magnus

  Kids, People, Roles

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• My father wasn't the best role model to me.

  Joe Torre

  Father, Roles, Models

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• Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.

  Bobby Orr

  Kids, Sneakers, Roles

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• I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.

  Marilyn Manson

  Roles, Villain, Models

  Interview with Lauren E. Bohn, content.time.com. May 26, 2009.

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• Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

  Jordan Peele

  Black, Nerd, Roles

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• I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd just turn on the TV. I grew up watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. I adopted him as one of my male role models.

  Bailey Chase

  Mom, Growing Up, Home

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• Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.

  Selena

  Roles, Models

  Rare "Selena Live" Interview, 1993.

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• I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

  Yul Vazquez

  Kids, Parent, Roles

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• A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

  Tionne Watkins

  Roles, Respect Yourself, Love And Respect

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

  Roles, Philosopher, Leftists

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother. I am still a girl trying to understand myself.

  Louise Bourgeois

  Girl, Mother, Feminist

  "Louise Bourgeois: a web of emotions" by Adrian Searle, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2010.

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