Quotes About Opportunity

Helping people get the skills they need to set them up for a rewarding career helps keep people in Connecticut, and it ensures that we have a workforce that's ready to fill the thousands of manufacturing jobs of the future.

Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.

We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.

If we want to make the most of half of our workforce, if we want to eliminate the gender pay gap and we want that same half of the workforce to succeed in jobs that boost our economy, we must make sure that teenage girls don't feel, and are certainly not told, that certain subjects are the preserve of men.

Missouri families deserve the best early childhood system our state can provide. This is also a critical area of workforce development for our state.

Our economy works at its best when we have a diverse workforce that is prepared and supported in the career they choose.

In order to stay competitive in a global economy, Alabama must prepare our workforce to be ready for the jobs of tomorrow.

Most kids don't need to go to a four-year school. They need to go and learn how to use their hands, and we desperately need somebody in the Labor Department that will stress workforce development on kids that don't want to go to college, but learn a skill.

We are committed to helping more people get into the workforce, as it is critical not only for individuals but also for our economy as a whole.

A fundamental way to build and expand our middle class and economy is to create a modern and well-paid workforce.

Leaving the European Union is likely to have an impact on the workforce in sectors such as catering, construction and agriculture. I see an opportunity here for both prisoners and employers, particularly those operating in these sectors.

A skilled, well-educated workforce will attract more companies and jobs to our state.

As Governor, it is my responsibility to give students every opportunity to be fully equipped with the skills needed to enter Missouri's workforce. It is also important that, when needed, Missourians receive the proper treatment services necessary to gain employment or further their education.

Workforce development is a key factor in attracting new businesses and a critical component for encouraging existing firms to expand.

I think college starts too early. You should go straight into the workforce at 18 and start getting the hang of life first.

We need greater access to housing in this state to help grow New Hampshire's workforce and retain and attract millennials.

We all know employers need a strong workforce to grow and create jobs which communities need to thrive.

Supporting workforce development is critical to growing our economy and creating greater opportunity for Vermonters, making this grant program tremendously valuable for Vermont workers and our businesses.

I believe investing in technical education and workforce readiness training is an essential step towards strengthening Vermont's workforce and economy for years to come.

Work begets work. Just work. If you work, people will find out about you and want to work with you if you're good. So work anywhere you can. That's why I've changed my mind about these theatres where people work for free or have to pay money. I think it's kind of terrible that they feel they have to, but you know what? They're working.

I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover, he was LBJ - and he says to me, 'You should play the brother in 'Better Call Saul.' I was like 'What?' and it was time to go on. I'm doing the scene, and I can't think of what Hoover's supposed to say.

I never quit. I always kept working and doing the things that I know with a smile on my face knowing that if my chance came I would be ready to take it.

I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler.

I enjoyed working at McDonald's.