--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Pam Grier" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Pam Grier. Plus more from Pam Grier and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/pam-grier-7817_can-do_my-grandfather-was-the-first-feminist-in_2660902.jpg" --- > [My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/my-grandfather-was-the-first-feminist-in-my-life-he-taught-me-if-a/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/pam-grier-7817_can-do_my-grandfather-was-the-first-feminist-in_2660902.jpg) > [If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/if-you-re-stupid-and-you-re-arrogant-you-re-going-to-get-hurt/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/pam-grier-7817_arrogant_if-you-re-stupid-and-you-re-arrogant-you_2731649.jpg) > [I tell actresses, "If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-tell-actresses-if-you-re-too-tall-if-you-re-too-fat-you-re-not/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/pam-grier-7817_actresses_i-tell-actresses-if-you-re-too-tall-if-y_851712.jpg) > [My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/my-mother-really-wanted-me-to-be-in-possibly-a-beauty-pageant-not/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/pam-grier-7817_beauty_my-mother-really-wanted-me-to-be-in-poss_2772001.jpg) > [I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-believe-that-if-we-have-to-pay-100-percent-for-our-college-tuition/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/pam-grier-7817_believe_i-believe-that-if-we-have-to-pay-100-per_1502311.jpg) > [I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-was-able-to-be-distant-by-portraying-another-person-another/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/pam-grier-7817_able_i-was-able-to-be-distant-by-portraying-a_1133981.jpg) > [Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. We were still being lynched. If I drove down through the South with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/coming-from-the-50s-things-were-very-violent-we-were-still-being/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/pam-grier-7817_being-bullied_coming-from-the-50s-things-were-very-vio_1335651.jpg) > [Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/everyone-else-can-do-violence-you-know-clint-eastwood-sylvester/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/pam-grier-7817_arnold-schwarzenegge_everyone-else-can-do-violence-you-know-c_2053627.jpg) > [Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/yes-you-can-have-art-films-about-the-triumph-of-the-human-spirit-and/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/pam-grier-7817_art_yes-you-can-have-art-films-about-the-tri_567073.jpg) > [I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-ask-you-how-would-you-like-your-mom-your-wife-your-daughter-to/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/pam-grier-7817_asks_i-ask-you-how-would-you-like-your-mom-yo_2909748.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Pam Grier > [And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/and-as-i-reinvent-myself-and-i-m-constantly-curious-about-everything/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/it-s-always-fun-to-put-on-bell-bottoms-and-have-your-butt-hanging-out/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/but-i-just-loved-looking-at-the-clothes-of-the-70s/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [You can get hurt at any time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/you-can-get-hurt-at-any-time/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-never-thought-i-was-pretty-i-couldn-t-even-put-on-eyelashes-or/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-felt-beauty-was-a-magnet-for-abuse-and-i-had-suffered-greatly-for-it/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/yes-you-can-have-art-films-about-the-triumph-of-the-human-spirit-and/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/you-can-be-on-top-of-everything-and-the-next-minute-you-re-going-to/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-don-t-believe-that-i-should-just-do-a-movies-i-just-do-the-work-as/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I never went in thinking, "You're an African-American woman, so you're never going to win." I was just in career doing beauty pageants for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-never-went-in-thinking-you-re-an-african-american-woman-so-you-re/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/women-are-allowed-more-freedoms-and-we-re-fighting-for-more-freedoms/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/the-african-american-community-is-not-monolithic-it-s-liberal-and/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-really-do-not-care-if-it-is-a-b-movie-or-not/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/driving-a-cab-is-not-really-a-nurturing-type-of-relationship-you-take/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) > [I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/i-m-an-air-force-brat-and-i-ve-lived-all-over-the-world-and-this/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/pam-grier/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Pam Grier", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. 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Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. 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