Top 100 Tyra Quotes
#1. When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.'
Tyra Banks
#2. And in the end, any lie is a hurt that burns and sometimes that burn can kill."
-Tyra "Red" Masters
Kristen Ashley
#3. Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, 'Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!' And I would say 'Child, this is a weave!'
Tyra Banks
#4. I definitely aspire to be someone like Tyra Banks, who's created an empire for herself.
Lauren Conrad
#5. I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.
Tyra Banks
#6. I used to watch some of the reality shows about models, and then, weirdly, now I try to incorporate into my fashion shoots the skills I learnt from watching those shows. It's like, thanks Tyra, 'cause you've given me, like, all the cool tips. Like how to smile with your eyes.
Rebel Wilson
#7. I'm telling you what you should expect. You matter, Tyra, and that's what you should expect.
Kristen Ashley
#8. Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some.
Lisa Randall
#9. Tyra told me you two went at it for days over a flippin' fridge. Badasses are capable of and don't hesitate to throw down about a fridge. An IT geek does not care what kind of fridge you buy. An IT geek just thanks his lucky stars he's gettin' it regular.
Kristen Ashley
#10. Tyra's always standing up for herself and her "race" over perceived slights. For example, she'll say, "You just pushed me because I'm black!" No, I pushed you because the train was coming right at you, you bulimic twit.
Joan Rivers
#11. I really love 'America's Next Top Model.' I'm always tweeting about it, and people are like, 'You need to get a life!' Any time I do a photo shoot, I always think, 'What would Tyra say?'
Carly Chaikin
#12. I remember Tyra Banks giving me encouraging advice during my first Victoria's Secret commercial shoot. I was so nervous, and she told me to just relax and be confident - that made me feel very comfortable.
Adriana Lima
#13. You know you're Dad's one-and-only, Tyra, and if you don't know this, seeing as he had kids before he met you, I'm sorry to tell you but even though you're his one-and-only now, you weren't his one -and-only.
Kristen Ashley
#14. Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you said it - but me the businessperson and me the person: very similar. I can be in a business meeting and be all 'Wooo!' and 'Oh, child!' and still be talking revenues and profits and cash flows.
Tyra Banks
#15. I claimed it," he went on. "But last night you gave it to me. Gift's given, no takin' it back. You get that, Tyra?" "I think so," I whispered. "Get that, baby, it's important.
Kristen Ashley
#16. I tend to hang out with my friends in Los Angeles from high school. We know each other from back in the day. They still see me as just dumb Tyra. We have a strong bond.
Tyra Banks
#17. People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.
Tyra Banks
#19. Everything he did was a physical thing. When he spoke, my bones ached. When he breathed, I felt it in my veins and on my skin.
Tyra Lynn
#20. I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
Tyra Banks
#21. I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.
Tyra Banks
#22. A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy.
Tyra Banks
#23. Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me ... <3
Tyra Banks
#24. If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.
Tyra Banks
#25. I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.
Tyra Banks
#27. I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.
Tyra Banks
#28. Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!
Tyra Banks
#29. Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.
Tyra Banks
#31. I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid depression in the seventh grade. Not leaving the house. Not looking people in the eye ... My body made me feel bad at everything.
Tyra Banks
#32. I kind of like the wind in my face. If it wasn't there, I don't know if I would push as hard.
Tyra Banks
#33. Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
Tyra Banks
#34. Sometimes I'll use four or five different photo apps on one photo just to get it where I want it to be.
Tyra Banks
#35. I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first.
Tyra Banks
#36. I won't say if I'm single or dating or married or divorced. There's boundaries.
Tyra Banks
#37. I actually don't miss modeling and I think the reason why is because of America's Next Top Model.
Tyra Banks
#38. I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.
Tyra Banks
#39. I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.
Tyra Banks
#40. I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous.
Tyra Banks
#41. Who would have thought that the girl who was forced to go to the hospital because she's so skinny would one day be called too fat?
Tyra Banks
#42. Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.
Tyra Banks
#43. With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like ' ... retired.'
Tyra Banks
#44. Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.
Tyra Banks
#45. As a model, you're so used to taking your clothes off that you just don't care.
Tyra Banks
#46. I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that?
Tyra Banks
#47. When I was not connected with someone, I didn't get asked out that often.
Tyra Banks
#48. Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word.
Tyra Banks
#50. When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who ... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.
Tyra Banks
#51. I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company.
Tyra Banks
#52. I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.
Tyra Banks
#53. I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.
Tyra Banks
#54. I'm obsessed with the theme parks and themed restaurants, I love it!
Tyra Banks
#56. I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?
Tyra Banks
#57. Don't save bold lashes and red lips for nighttime - do it in the day!
Tyra Banks
#58. You don't know this, baby, but some men have dream women too
Tack-Motorcyle Man
Kristen Ashley
#59. I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.
Tyra Banks
#60. On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'
Tyra Banks
#61. I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing.
Tyra Banks
#63. I am protective of my own personal life, but I must confess that I enjoy watching people that don't mind telling it all.
Tyra Banks
#64. I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.
Tyra Banks
#65. I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.
Tyra Banks
#66. I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'
Tyra Banks
#67. I have a long list of different smiles that you can do, and every model should be equipped. Everybody can't handle the long list ... That's for, you know, advanced.
Tyra Banks
#68. I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.
Tyra Banks
#69. You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.
Tyra Banks
#70. I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them.
Tyra Banks
#71. I'm all about zagging when everyone else is zigging.
Tyra Banks
#72. Don't chase the money ... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.
Tyra Banks
#73. Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!
Tyra Banks
#74. I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
Tyra Banks
#75. With 'America's Next Top Model,' I've always cast girls who the industry might call 'plus size' but I like to call 'fiercely real.' That was always important to me.
Tyra Banks
#76. My natural hair texture is very kinky.
Tyra Banks
#77. Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel.
Tyra Banks
#78. The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
Tyra Banks
#79. I love being able to go to a store, let's say ... a store like Topshop or Zara or maybe even Macy's, depends on what department, and not have to look at the price tag.
Tyra Banks
#80. Don't make excuses - make improvements!
Tyra Banks
#81. I don't like expensive things ... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.
Tyra Banks
#82. Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
Tyra Banks
#83. I don't wake up with naturally sculpted cheekbones - I paint them on!
Tyra Banks
#84. I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.
Tyra Banks
#86. I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'
Tyra Banks
#87. What keeps me up at night? Sometimes it's day-to-day work stuff. And a lot of the times, it's, 'Am I making the wrong decisions in terms of reaching young women?'
Tyra Banks
#88. I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.
Tyra Banks
#89. I'm not in a position to tell heavy people anything.
Tyra Banks
#90. I think a lot of business students chase money and then they burn out. They have early retirements, not because they want to retire and chill ... But because they hate their job and they are miserable. I don't chase money.
Tyra Banks
#91. My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.
Tyra Banks
#92. Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power.
Tyra Banks
#93. I'm not going to work in a place where I can't eat donuts.
Kristen Ashley
#94. One of the big, most underlying messages for me is celebrating beauty that is not typical.
Tyra Banks
#96. You don't have to have a ring on your finger to say, 'I love you.'
Tyra Banks
#97. Modeling is being a ho, but making it fashion.
Tyra Banks
#98. I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business.
Tyra Banks
#99. We are often told we can't have brains and beauty, and I really hope that my message is that you can put on that red lip and curl your hair and put on that power dress - you don't have to sacrifice one for the other.
Tyra Banks
#100. I did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom's in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite.
Tyra Banks
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