Motherhood Quote by Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks takes a fairy-tale image and snaps it in half, not with cynicism but with a kind of practiced, camera-ready realism. The “prince on a white horse” is cultural shorthand for passive romance: a woman as the reward, the man as the engine. By crediting her mother, Banks frames independence as inherited discipline, not a trendy posture. It’s also a subtle flex: her confidence isn’t a branding strategy; it’s home training.

The phrasing matters. “Never taught me” suggests that waiting isn’t a natural state women drift into, it’s a skill society tries to install. And “swipe me off my feet” is tellingly physical, almost transactional - like being collected, removed, carried elsewhere. Banks rejects the whole choreography. She’s not anti-romance; she’s anti-rescue.

Context makes the line sharper. As a supermodel and TV personality, Banks built a public career selling glamour while publicly narrating the costs of being turned into a glossy object. In that world, the fantasy of being chosen - by an agent, a designer, a man, an audience - is constant. The quote pushes back against that selection economy. It’s a reminder that agency is not just about refusing the prince; it’s about refusing to audition for him.

The subtext lands as a generational edit to femininity: desire is allowed, dependence is optional, and waiting is not a virtue.