Tyra Banks quotes:

Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent.

I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!

Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.

I created 'America's Next Top Model' one-hundred percent. I was in my kitchen making tea one morning, and I looked out the window, and the idea popped into my head. I wanted it to be 'American Idol' meets 'Ford Supermodel of the Year' meets 'The Real World.'

Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power.

My most difficult class at Harvard Business School would have to be finance.

As I look into the future, I see radical changes in both how people 'attain beauty,' and how the world perceives beauty. In general, I believe traditional beauty will be less valuable - and more uniqueness will be heralded.

On 'America's Next Top Model,' I mentor girls on television. When that TV goes off, I actually mentor other girls in the modeling industry - girls that have not been on 'Top Model,' but who appear in 'Vogue' worldwide.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

I think of dystopian as 'Mad Max,' as 'Book of Eli,' as the world is ending.

It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too.

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!'

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.

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.

America's Next Top Model' is not a bunch of Barbies - it's a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.

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.

I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.'

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.

Let's have fun at work.

I wish I was harder; I wish I didn't care so much about being the nice girl all the time because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness, so I wish I had a little bit more 'oomph' in me.

The president of Victoria's Secret promised me a lifetime supply of Victoria's Secret products, even after I decided to leave the company. But once I left, he only let me have it for a year. So I have a bone to pick.

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.

I don't know how to be sexy on a date. Put up a camera and a wind machine, and I'll give you sexy. Put me at a dinner table with some candlelight and the moon shining in and, oh, I will give you dork.

I grew up wearing a uniform to school, and now I have my stylist come to my apartment and create outfits for me to wear. Otherwise, I'd never get dressed.

I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really rocked my self-esteem because I didn't understand what I did wrong on those job applications.

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?'

My mom was a medical photographer, but on the side, she did a before-and-after glam photography business in the house. She would do makeup and hair - and I was her assistant.

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.

When modeling agencies were saying that I was too big and gaining weight, my mom said, 'OK, we're going to discuss what they're saying over pizza, and we're going to plan the future of your career which doesn't involve you having to be skinny.'

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.

One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'

I don't think cellulite is great - that's not a flaw that I want in a photo by any means! I retouch that crap out. But I tell women that I'm retouching it out.

I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off.

Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.

Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

My natural hair texture is very kinky.

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.

The creation of my cosmetics experience has been years in the making.

Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.

I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga.

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.

I'm a lover of fashion websites.

I've had my heart broken one too many times.

What I don't like to see is when models of different races come in and out of fashion.

I think people are way less judgmental about chunky guys.

Every woman has... self doubt.

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 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.

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.

I'm obsessed with making women look and feel more beautiful than they ever thought possible.

When I was not connected with someone, I didn't get asked out that often.

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.

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.

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.

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.

I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.

In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

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.

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo.

I became a victim of mean girls. I became the victim of myself.

The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.

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.

I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand.

The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo to most Tweets.

A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy.

It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.'

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

Sephora is fantastic. I go in there. I get lost. There are so many great things in there.

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.

I have so many goals.

I'm obsessed by Instagram.

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful - from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It's not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box...Think outside of the box...Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

I know this is weird... I am a Black woman and I am not mixed with any Asian blood or Chinese blood at all, but for some reason, as a child, the movie, The Last Emperor, had a serious affect on me. I can't understand why. But there's something that the movie did to me.

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business.

I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business. But I was a 34C when I was 17...They stay up when I wear a push-up bra. But if people could see me when I come home and take off my bra, how could they think these are fake?

Hotness to me is scary. I don't want to be hot. I just want to be a staple. I want to be something that's trusted.

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. 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.

I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are

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? So that is my goal next year--to really dissect the budget.

Because my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger' fingers.

I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.

[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me...<3

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Flaws are awesome - so, flawsome! I love making up a word.

Most of my career is spent in a meeting... dressed sharply, looking really great; negotiating over a table, strategizing or coming up with new marketing plans or new ideas. And that makes me really, really happy.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

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.

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.

I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

I hate when models say 'Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing. What are you talking about? You won the genetic lottery. You look like this specimen that's making people everywhere feel insecure and you're going to ridicule someone for getting plastic surgery?

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful; from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.