Top 290 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Fonda
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Jane Fonda.
Last updated on September 9, 2024.
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.
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.
A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.
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.
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 have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
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.
It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.
I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.
Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous.
I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.
A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.
As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.
I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.
My love life is wonderful.
I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.
Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.
I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.
Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.
We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.
Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.
I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.
I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
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.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
I was a chameleon, the woman men wanted me to be.
Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.
I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war.
When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
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.
The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.
Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.
I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.
I knew that I had to write my memoirs.
If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just cry.
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.
You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.
One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.
The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
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.
Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way.
People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.
I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.
If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and my butt.
It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.
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 spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
I lived in France during the '60s. I was there from the early '60s until 1970, so my view of the '60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.
Related Authors
Angelina Jolie Quotes
American
Actress
Carrie Fisher Quotes
American
Actress
Cate Blanchett Quotes
Australian
Actress
Drew Barrymore Quotes
American
Actress
Emma Watson Quotes
British
Actress
Jennifer Aniston Quotes
American
Actress
Kate Winslet Quotes
English
Actress
Kristen Stewart Quotes
American
Actress
Lena Dunham Quotes
American
Actress
Marilyn Monroe Quotes
American
Actress
Meryl Streep Quotes
American
Actress
Mindy Kaling Quotes
American
Actress
Sandra Bullock Quotes
American
Actress
Selena Gomez Quotes
American
Actress
Viola Davis Quotes
American
Actress
Zooey Deschanel Quotes
American
Actress