Quotes By Jane Fonda

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.

I think feminism is about the spirit.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky.

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.