Top Inspirational Quotes from Barbie Movie 2023 That Empower and Motivate

"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong. You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can’t ask for money because that’s crass. You have to be a boss, but you can’t be mean. You have to lead, but you can’t squash other people’s ideas. You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman, but also always be looking out for other people. You have to answer for men’s bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you’re accused of complaining. You’re supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you’re supposed to be a part of the sisterhood. But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It’s too hard! It’s too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault. I’m just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don’t even know."

- America Ferrera

"I want to be part of the people that make meaning, not the thing that's made. I want to be the one imagining, not the idea itself."

- Barbie

"It is literally impossible to be a woman."

- Gloria

"By giving voice to the cognitive dissonance required to be a woman under the patriarchy, you robbed it of its power."

- Barbie

"I'm just so damn tired of watching myself and every single other women tie ourselves in knots so that people will like us."

- Gloria

"You are so beautiful and so smart and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough."

- Gloria

"We have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong."

- Gloria

"I have no difficulty holding both logic and feeling at the same time. It does not diminish my powers, it expands them."

- Lawyer Barbie

"Well the real world isn't perfect, but you inspired me."

- Gloria

"Even if you can't make it perfect, you can make it better."

- Sasha

"Ideas live forever, humans, not so much. You know that right?"

- Ruth

"We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they have come."

- Ruth

"Barbie has a great day every day. But Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."

- Narrator

"Every night is girls' night."

- Barbie

"I am Kenough."

- Ken

"The real world isn't what I thought it was."

- Barbie

"That's life. It's all change."

- Gloria

"We sell dreams, imagination, and sparkle. And when you think of sparkle, what do you think of next? Female agency."

- Mattel CEO

"Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever."

- Ruth Handler

"I'm a liberated man. I know crying's not weak."

- Ken

"Don't worry — everyone likes me and thinks I'm cool and pretty."

- Barbie

"Either you're brainwashed or you're weird and ugly. There is no in-between."

- Barbie

"No Barbie or Ken should be living in the shadows."

- President Barbie

"We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they have come."

- Ruth Handler

"Women hate women. And men hate women. It's the only thing we all agree on."

- Sasha

"It's okay if you're crying. I cried too. It's kind of amazing."

- Barbie

"I'm trained to stand confidently here."

- Ken

"You guys are not doing patriarchy very well."

- Ken

"Why didn't Barbie tell me about patriarchy?"

- Ken

"When I found out the patriarchy wasn't about horses, I lost interest anyway."

- Ken

"What if there's beach? You'll need someone professional in that."

- Ken

"To be honest, when I found out the patriarchy wasn't about horses, I lost interest anyways."

- Ken

"She thinks I'm a fascist? I don't control the railways or the flow of commerce!"

- Barbie

"I would never wear heels if my feet were shaped this way!"

- Barbie

"My job is actually just, you know, Beach."

- Ken

"There are no multiples of Allan. He's just Allan."

- Narrator

"Take my hands. Now close your eyes. Now, feel."

- Ruth

"You've been making women feel bad about themselves since you were invented."

- Sasha

"Do you guys ever think about dying?"

- Barbie

"I have all the genitals."

- Ken

"I'm here to see my gynecologist."

- Barbie

"She thinks I’m a fascist? I don’t control the railways or the flow of commerce!"

- Stereotypical Barbie

"You're beautiful."

- Stereotypical Barbie

"I know."

- The Woman on the Bench

"All of these women are Barbie, and Barbie is all of these women. She might have started out as just a lady in a bathing suit, but she became so much more."

"Because Barbie can be anything, women can be anything."

"Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism have been solved."