Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people. Votes: 3
Amber HeardPretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size. Votes: 3
Maya AngelouPeople seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Votes: 2
Oliver GoldsmithLeaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach. Votes: 2
Rosabeth Moss KanterMy role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. Votes: 2
Joyce Carol OatesWhat I'm concerned about now is creating a metaphor for what the figure really is. Votes: 2
Nathan OliveiraI'll always be grateful to rent collecting. I've put many of the tenants in my pictures. Votes: 2
L. S. LowryHuman models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Votes: 0
Daniel J. BoorstinOld models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéIn business school classrooms they construct wonderful models of a non- world. Votes: 0
Peter DruckerScientists often seek predictively accurate models, rather than models that are true. Votes: 0
Elliott SoberFor architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate. Votes: 0
Leon KrierThe Internet produces new business models and also reinvents traditional business models. Votes: 0
Marc OstrofskyI didnt grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear. Votes: 0
Theophilus LondonMothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present. Votes: 0
Janice DickinsonThe leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates. Votes: 0
Dave BarryFashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. Votes: 0
Carrie DonovanMillionaire models are rare enough; but, by Jove, model millionaires are rarer still! Votes: 0
Oscar WildeThey're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models. Votes: 0
Bob WeirWeâre seeing that business models and philanthropic models are not mutually exclusive. Votes: 0
Laura Arrillaga-AndreessenPeople need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives. Votes: 0
Coretta Scott KingYou can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin Votes: 0
Laura DernRole models really matter. It's hard to imagine yourself as something you don't see. Votes: 0
Chelsea ClintonStatisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models. Votes: 0
George E. P. BoxNon-pantheist models for god seem almost completely untenable to me, though not without interest. Votes: 0
Quentin S. CrispI have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiMany models do yoga, but I find it boring. Id rather be outdoors having fun. Votes: 0
Constance JablonskiI want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women. Votes: 0
Agyness DeynEven the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images. Votes: 0
Cheri K. ErdmanSimple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data. Votes: 0
Peter NorvigThere is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. Votes: 0
Dave BarryI've had some very strong female role models, so I think that's an important thing. Votes: 0
Leah BusqueSome models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldThe Playboy Calendar this year has some tiptop models. Any more top and they'd tip. Votes: 0
Robert OrbenWhat an opportunity we have to be a community....A community where there are models. Votes: 0
Judah SmithWe [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool. Votes: 0
David FirstOne way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models. Votes: 0
Andrew TanIce cubes sell more alcohol for the distilling industry than sexy models in cheesecake poses. Votes: 0
Wilson Bryan KeyThe determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons. Votes: 0
James A. BaldwinWe must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption. Votes: 0
Marian Wright EdelmanI'm normal size... I wish we could all be known as models rather than plus size. Votes: 0
Robyn LawleyI like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls. Votes: 0
L. J. SmithThe method of our time is to use not a single but multiple models for exploration... Votes: 0
Marshall McLuhanI think that the new models of Chevrolet should have Barney Frank as a hood ornament. Votes: 0
Sean HannityI hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move. Votes: 0
Georgia O'KeeffeTo think that the world can ever change without changes in our mental models is folly. Votes: 0
Joseph JaworskiPlus models have personal trainers and go to college.We're not obese, or lazy, or stupid. Votes: 0
Whitney ThompsonMy parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. Votes: 0
Sophie Ellis-BextorStale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been. Votes: 0
Robert SilverbergMy parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. Votes: 0
Sophie Ellis BextorWe don't see a lot of models for male social interaction. There's sports and barn raisings. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukThe women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher. Votes: 0
Cornel WestI do not feel that we should set up PEOPLE as "models"; rather actions, thoughts, principles. Votes: 0
Noam ChomskyComputer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs. Votes: 0
Freeman DysonYou're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time. Votes: 0
Simon Le BonI don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life. Votes: 0
Manuel PuigScientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaIt does require maturity to realize that models are to be used, but not to be believed. Votes: 0
Henri TheilBasic problem is that all models are wrong - not got enough middle and low level clouds. Votes: 0
Phil JonesGrowing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models. Votes: 0
Kumar SangakkaraNot for models. SuicideGirls is a mystery to me because I thought only women ran the site. Votes: 0
Richard KernAll models have faults - that doesnt mean you cant use them as tools for making decisions. Votes: 0
Myron ScholesLike a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our vision, mental models determine what we see. Votes: 0
Peter SengeStrippers should be role-models for little girls. If only for the fact that they wax their assholes. Votes: 0
Sarah SilvermanI love working out how things are made, which is why I have so many models of towers. Votes: 0
Douglas CouplandWhat I don't like to see is when models of different races come in and out of fashion. Votes: 0
Tyra BanksI don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models. Votes: 0
Lily AllenOur system is dynamic, always shifting gears. What I do is I build models to beat the market. Votes: 0
Louis NavellierLots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. Votes: 0
Gemma WardI feel like the smartest people in my field are busy reinforcing the old models with new technology. Votes: 0
Douglas RushkoffIn every art, beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them. Votes: 0
Ruth WhitmanIf the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?' Votes: 0
Gavin SchmidtThere are some women that don't do it for some men. That's why they turn out so many models. Votes: 0
John UpdikeThat's how I taught myself how to draw - tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models. Votes: 0
Stephen SprouseThere are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men. Votes: 0
Catherine DeneuveI carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else. Votes: 0
John TennielThere are models who don't eat. That's worrisome - you need the right amount of gas to get going. Votes: 0
Alek WekOne of my biggest role models was David Beckham because of how he performed on and off the pitch. Votes: 0
Rafael van der VaartMy cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more. Votes: 0
Gina BarrecaThere is power in creating a small model, and then you can create an alliance of other small models. Votes: 0
Jacqueline NovogratzWe don't LOVE our Grandmas because they look like super models. We love them because of WHO they are Votes: 0
John BythewayMy role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.' Votes: 0
Queen Rania of JordanWe are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact - for good. Votes: 0
Tony DungyI'm pleased to be a part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo. Votes: 0
Devon AokiI know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body. Votes: 0
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! Votes: 2 Dante Hall
I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I didn't have anyone who looked like me. And by the time I was old enough to have what could have been a role model, they were my peers. Aziz Ansari is my peer. Kal Penn is my peer. Votes: 1 Utkarsh Ambudkar
Business models change. As technology processes, business models change. Votes: 4 Marsha Blackburn
We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with. Votes: 1 Mandy Moore
We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with. Votes: 1 Mandy Moore
We are stronger than stigma, but until more celebrity role models openly discuss mental illness we will still be stereotyped as less than capable, by an upside down world that thinks reality television is actually normal behavior. Votes: 3 Shannon L. Alder
Culture changes because of musicians and actors and actresses. There's a responsibility there. You may ignore the responsibility. You may choose to be a bad role model. But, you are a role model nonetheless. Votes: 1 Kirk Cameron
It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though. Votes: 1 Duane Chapman
I've had some very strong female role models, so I think that's an important thing. Votes: 3 Leah Busque
Engineers do engineering, i.e. they build bridges. So engineering needs engineers. The economy does NOT need economists. Economists do not make economy, but they try it and that is why we have so much problems with some financial models. Votes: 3 Steve Keen
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. Votes: 5 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models. Votes: 4 Aly Raisman
Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there. Votes: 3 Ja Rule
I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models. Votes: 1 Wale
The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood. Votes: 2 Kevin Powers
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? Votes: 3 Stephen Hawking
What is consciousness? Our brain simulates reality. So, our everyday experiences are a form of dreaming, which is to say, they are mental models, simulations, not the things they appear to be. Votes: 4 Stephen LaBerge
My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model. Votes: 2 Carre Otis
My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine. Votes: 6 Ashley Tisdale
The expectation was I would get married and become a mother and settle down. We didn't have any role models. We saw teachers and doctors and nurses, but I'm not a teacher, and there was no possibility of being a doctor or a nurse. I had to work and find my own way. Votes: 1 Alexis Wright
A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life. I personally take the view that it's not sufficient to portray only negative role models. It's not enough to say 'no' to drugs. What do you say 'yes' to? Votes: 4 Sherwood Schwartz
They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models. Votes: 3 Bob Weir
When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether that's as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers - it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves. Votes: 1 Chip Conley
Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent. Votes: 5 Bob Keeshan
People have this conception of plus size models as girls who aren't fit or don't work out or don't really take care of their bodies. Votes: 3 Hayley Hasselhoff
I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who are mere mortals. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mortality says to us that here's a figure who got up every day of his life facing tremendous odds and yet overcame them. Votes: 3 Michael Eric Dyson
I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble. Votes: 3 Donald Miller
I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women. Votes: 4 Agyness Deyn
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models. Votes: 3 Lee Haney
Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes. Votes: 3 Gale Sayers
Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world. Votes: 1 Chip Conley
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls. Votes: 1 Richard Attias
I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model. Votes: 2 Shannen Doherty
The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. Votes: 2 Andrew Shue
Straight sized boards are models size 0-6. Plus size boards are models starting at a 10. If a size 8 girl was 5' 11 and curvy, she'd be on the plus sized board, because there's nothing in between. Votes: 1 Hayley Hasselhoff
Some models are naturally very thin, but if they aren't naturally like that, then what these girls do to their health to fit in... To be a size zero or a two when you're tall is incredible to me. Votes: 1 Tatjana Patitz
It's amazing to be able to play the sport that I grew up loving so much and that I have a strong passion for. I'm just having a ball. There's a lot of pressure that comes with being in the spotlight and being a superstar and a role model, but I'm enjoying it. Votes: 1 Reggie Bush
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. Votes: 2 Bill Bradley
The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! Votes: 1 Dante Hall
I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model. Votes: 1 Eric Walters
The expectation was I would get married and become a mother and settle down. We didn't have any role models. We saw teachers and doctors and nurses, but I'm not a teacher, and there was no possibility of being a doctor or a nurse. I had to work and find my own way. Votes: 1 Alexis Wright