Top 79 Quotes About Allred
#1. My first strike was marrying a guy without a college degree. My second and third were getting pregnant. I suppose that when I didn't go on to become the next Gloria Allred, she was justified in counting me a failure. And I suppose that until now, I was justified in thinking that I wasn't one.
Jodi Picoult
#2. You don't have to be scared anymore, Abby. We'll figure something out, I promise. We're in this together.
Katherine Allred
#3. Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do because it's the right choice. But occasionally we have to put ourselves first.
Katherine Allred
#4. Why is it immoral to be paid for an act that is perfectly legal if done for free?
Gloria Allred
#5. It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.
Gloria Allred
#6. I promise you this. I'll love you until the day I die even if I have to live without you. And if it's fifty years from now, you come home, Nick Anderson. Do you hear me? I'll be waiting on you.
Katherine Allred
#7. But at eight, I only knew one thing. Mother said God put each of us on this earth for a purpose, and that day I decided mine was to save Nick Anderson
-The Sweet Gum Tree
Katherine Allred
#8. While I was vowing to save Nick, he had taken on the job of being my protector and staunchest defender
Katherine Allred
#9. The more I know about men the more I like dogs.
Gloria Allred
#10. Lies and half-truths hurt not only the liar, but the people they love most.
Katherine Allred
#11. There's a part of everyone that needs to be taken care of. Denying it exists doesn't change the truth, it only makes you very lonely.
Katherine Allred
#12. To my surprise, Nick reached under his shirt and pulled out the half-heart pendant. With his gaze fixed on mine, he slid the chain over my head. "No one should have to go through life with only half a heart," he whispered.
Katherine Allred
#13. I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.
Gloria Allred
#15. There are enough high hurdles to climb, as one travels through life, without having to scale artificial barriers created by law or silly regulations.
Gloria Allred
#16. I'll marry you," I told him decisively. "That way, we can both have kids someday."
He grinned, those dimples emerging in a blaze of glory. "Yeah, you probably would.
Katherine Allred
#17. Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.
Gloria Allred
#18. It is like trying to stop a runaway train with one hand tied behind my back.
Katherine Allred
#19. There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.
Gloria Allred
#21. We're almost there," I whispered in his ear. "Don't you die, damn it. If you do, I'll never speak to you again.
Katherine Allred
#22. As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.
Gloria Allred
#23. Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.
Gloria Allred
#24. Life isn't kind, and we rarely get what we want out of it. We do the best we can, and we keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Katherine Allred
#25. Mothers. Can't live with them, can't hit them over the head with a board.
Katherine Allred
#26. [On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.
Gloria Allred
#27. I'm sorry, Nick," I whispered, slipping his pendant from my neck. "I didn't know what else to do.
Katherine Allred
#28. Why are you doing this?" One of his hands caressed the books.
"Because books are made to be read," I told him. "And you like to read.
Katherine Allred
#29. You're not old enough to have a real boyfriend," he muttered.
I stiffened.
"If I'm old enough to have babies, then I'm damn well old enough to have a boyfriend," I ground out. "And just as soon as I decide on who it's going to be, I'll let you know.
Katherine Allred
#31. But we southerners know that you can insult someone as much as you want so long as you add that "bless her heart" to the end of your comment.
Katherine Allred
#32. I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I understand how this is impacting their lives economically, psychologically, often physically. It's all personal. For me, if one woman is denied her rights, we're all being denied our rights.
Gloria Allred
#33. Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.
Gloria Allred
#36. He always was someone. Because the core of the sweet gum tree never changes. Like Nick, the deep red wood stays true to its nature. Strong, and steady, and pure.
Katherine Allred
#37. I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.
Gloria Allred
#38. Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights.
Gloria Allred
#39. Generally, dictatorships do not work in marriage - or, for that matter, in any other relationship.
Gloria Allred
#40. I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.
Gloria Allred
#41. I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.
Gloria Allred
#42. There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.
Gloria Allred
#43. I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights.
Gloria Allred
#44. It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.
Gloria Allred
#45. I love you. There hasn't been a single day in the last 15 years that I haven't regretted not telling you when I had a chance.
Katherine Allred
#46. God, I can't lose you again." His whisper was harsh, filled with pain. "Not now, when I've waited so long to hold you. I think it would kill me. But I'm so damn scared you'll hate me when you find out the truth.
Katherine Allred
#47. Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.
Gloria Allred
#48. I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.
Gloria Allred
#49. People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.
Gloria Allred
#50. I love you", he whispered. "You'll have the words every day for the rest of our lives.
Katherine Allred
#51. This isn't a church social, Sweetheart. You aren't going to be able to save me this time.
Katherine Allred
#52. Do you want to know the real reason I came back, Alix? It was because of you. You're my roots. Wherever you are would be home to me.
Katherine Allred
#53. When I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania I had a baby in one arm, a diploma in the other and I didn't know where I was going in life.
Gloria Allred
#54. Okay, woman. Spit that canary out and wipe those feathers off your chin. What the heck happened to you? Last night you were crying over a laxative commercial on TV.
Katherine Allred
#55. I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.
Gloria Allred
#56. There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.
Gloria Allred
#57. I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.
Gloria Allred
#58. I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.
Gloria Allred
#59. When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.
Gloria Allred
#60. So what if my life isn't turning out exactly the way I'd planned? It's not ruined, it'll just be different.
Katherine Allred
#61. Please, hate me if you have to, never speak to me again, but don't settle for someone you don't love because I hurt you
Katherine Allred
#62. I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.
Gloria Allred
#63. Mama wasn't Mama anymore, she was Mother, usually followed by a pallease!
Katherine Allred
#65. He was the most gorgeous hunk of male it had ever been my privilege to stare at, and darn his hide, he knew exactly what I was thinking.
His smile turned to a smug grin to so full of satisfaction, that I couldn't help myself. I laughed.
Katherine Allred
#66. Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States.
Gloria Allred
#67. There are more kinds of hurt than physical ones, hurts that run ever deeper and leave bigger scars, and not even Nick could protect me from himself.
Katherine Allred
#68. Instead of receiving the help that she had hoped for, Mr. Cain instead decided to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package.
Gloria Allred
#69. Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.
Gloria Allred
#70. Helping someone because you feel sorry for them is one thing, but doing it because you like them and care about what happens to them is better. That means you aren't doing it for yourself.
Katherine Allred
#71. You can't turn love on and off like a light switch, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is wall it off, one brick at a time, until you've created an impenetrable fortress around your emotions. And once that fortress is built, you camouflage it so well that even you can't see it anymore.
Katherine Allred
#73. I was a single mother when my child was little.
Gloria Allred
#77. I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.
Gloria Allred
#78. A sweet gum tree is the chameleon of wood, it's corky exterior hiding it's inner ability to imitate anything from cherry to mahogany. But it's real value, one unrealized by most people, is it's deep red heart, steady and strong.
Katherine Allred
#79. Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.
Gloria Allred
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