Quotes About Opportunity

Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role.

The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

A critical issue for women is the possibility to be a mother and the ability to participate fully in the workforce.

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.

When I hear that there are 5,000,000 working women in this country, I always take occasion to say that there are 18,000,000 but only 5,000,000 receive their wages.

I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.

It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged.

Empowering women isn't just the right thing to do - it's the smart thing to do.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

There's a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that's been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.

When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.

Women who can, do. Those who can't become feminists.

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40.

I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.

When I taught, all my best students were women.

For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.