Linda Johnson Rice Quotes

Linda Johnson Rice

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : May 22, 1958

There's nothing you can't wear. There's nothing you can't do.

Linda Johnson Rice

'Ebony' is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.

Linda Johnson Rice

I have always drawn strength from my late mother's life. When Eunice Johnson set up the first major fashion show for African-American audiences more than 50 years ago, she did so at a time when black Americans, especially black women, were still fighting for a seat at the table - any table.

Linda Johnson Rice

The horse is my favorite animal.

Linda Johnson Rice

They couldn't have a little kid occupying an important spot on the front row, so I sat in the back where all the models changed clothes. I remember vividly the rustling and the rush of the fabrics of the clothes and the swoosh of textures and color as they went by. I was in the back, but I had a front-row seat, in my opinion.

Linda Johnson Rice

We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.

Linda Johnson Rice

My playground was our company. That's really where I grew up.

Linda Johnson Rice

There's a sense of authenticity that comes with 'Ebony.' There are very few national media outlets that are majority-African-American owned and really speak to our community with a sense of pride, authority, and ownership. That's what we do.

Linda Johnson Rice

We have to tell our story at 'Ebony' and 'Jet' like no one else can. We have the authenticity; we have the believability. And I think that's what we have to own.

Linda Johnson Rice

You have to stay current to compete.

Linda Johnson Rice

My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem.

Linda Johnson Rice

I would describe my mother as a steel magnolia. She was very intelligent, very persuasive.

Linda Johnson Rice

We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.

Linda Johnson Rice

We're not trying to push the real provocative edge.

Linda Johnson Rice

There was never a push for us to become more practical... Fantasy is what our audience has come to expect.

Linda Johnson Rice

I'm not so sure we've influenced the general market. But I'm not sure we're trying to do that.

Linda Johnson Rice

The key is to service a market that has not been serviced to its full potential.

Linda Johnson Rice

We kept everything: every major event that's happened to African-Americans since 1945, with 'Ebony' as a repository for all those photographs and as a voice for all that happened.

Linda Johnson Rice

We've been here so long. The history and richness runs so deep within the community. We own this. It's personal. It's very personal.

Linda Johnson Rice

We're in the media business. We're in the beauty business.

Linda Johnson Rice