Quotes About Opportunity

The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.

There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life.

I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.

If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder.

I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.

To me, my dream is just to have it all. I would love to be the first woman to have a ladder match, the first woman to have a Money in the Bank match. That's just a dream of mine, but that's such a far dream that who knows if that's going to happen?

If you get better educated, you might yourself higher up the ladder, but the ladder will still be there.

I love a match like Money in the Bank; I love a hardcore match, and that's what the Money in the Bank ladder matches are. Throw the rule book out and let out your imagination.

I always hoped I'd get a chance to prove myself at the top level because I believed I could do it, but making your way up the football ladder is very tough.

I'm lucky in that the media is much more freelancey. So I didn't have that pressure that lots of people have if you jump off the ladder, then you get left behind.

Not many people leave a job where they have fallen short and land another one higher up the ladder. Nice work if you can get it.

I've played some great ladies. Mame. Agnes Gooch in 'Mame,' when I started out in the '60s... it's a beautiful role.

America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments.

I got my first film, 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl,' easily.

The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many ways, my career is due to them.

When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.

I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia - the then 'Delhi Times' editor - asked me to host the 'Times Food Guide Awards,' so it was with The 'Times of India' that my career began in this field.

Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.

It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

Somebody said, 'Get your agent to call the new Bob Cummings show. They're looking for a funny lady.' Within three hours, I had the job. That was January 1955. I had such fun with that show.

I remember one director in Argentina said to me, 'You are not going to have any opportunity to be a leading lady because of your height.' And I didn't care. I don't have a complex.

Good films and good performances will help you go further in your career. You can't get too far by just choosing leading lady roles.