Workplace Quotes

“Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the sense that she must be virtuous.”

“The people on the front lines have the best information about what's really going on.”

“I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.”

“Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler.”

“When you're a woman in a man's world, you have to be better. You just do.”

“The culture of fear and silence at NBC News was profound.”

“Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.”

“I feel like all my kids grew up, and then they married each other. It’s every parent’s dream.”

“The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.”

“In some ways, the problem is not so much that we don't have enough women in leadership. The problem is what happens when women get into leadership.”

“If you have a group of men who are used to telling dirty jokes, and they are not used to having women around, you are going to have some dirty jokes.”

“We must make democracy work. We can do this by making it a living reality in the workshop.”

“There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.”

“It's not the people you fire who are chained to the office, it's the people you don't.”

“The number one job of a leader is to create an environment where people can do their best work.”

“I was in the Denver bureau, and he was the most powerful man at the network. There was no one to complain to.”