Quotes About Industry

Designers simply can't afford to make dresses in 10 sizes for a sample.

Designers are either not interested in making larger sizes or they don't feel that it's important.

California just does not remotely embrace the fact that it's where skateboarding itself was birthed and where 90% of the industry is.

There's definitely a lot of people out there in the industry who feel that skateboarding shouldn't be a competitive sport. Or be a sport in general at all. Those are the people who want to keep skateboarding at the core side of things. But me personally, I love seeing the sport of skateboarding grow in general. It's just going to naturally happen.

I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.

I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.

Entertainment seems to be the only arena where children who pursue the work of their parents, which is an inherently natural thing to do, is met with a lot of skepticism.

Asian parents, or a lot of parents in general, they have no idea what goes on in this industry. Mine were born in the Philippines, where it's different, because it is about who you know, and who knows what you have to do to get to the top? So they had a lot of that skepticism.

International carriers need to be given greater role in our skies on all routes like several other large countries to make our aviation industry more efficient and competitive and prevent arbitrary pricing by monopolies.

There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room.

Women have shown their skills and that's why they have been accepted in the industry. It's through their skill that they have managed to make a mark for themselves and also earned respect.

When you come into the food industry from the 'Bake Off,' you're very much at the lower end of the food chain, if you'll excuse the pun. In the industry, you have to get the experience, you have to learn the skill. As a home baker - that's how you win the competition - you aren't a professional.

You have to be very skilled in this industry. I grew in this industry; we created the very beginnings of this industry. We made the first PCs (personal computers) in the world.

The ingenuity and creativity of the private sector is essential to meeting American's needs for a skilled work force.

Running a business and need more skilled workers? If you're not considering apprenticeships, then you're behind the curve.

I'm fascinated by the skills gap.

I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.

Work on your writing skills. Realize that Hollywood is an industry built to keep you out, and once you're in, it's designed to cycle you out - so you have to get up every day and work all day long to give Hollywood a reason to let you in, and then to keep you in.

Sixties models knew nothing about skin care.

While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not 'hot and happening.'

People say: 'Models are so young, they're so skinny.' But Mr. Balenciaga used models at 16, and that will never change. People say they are skinny, but there is a difference between skinny and sick. If someone is sick, they're sick. It's not because of fashion. If I have flu, I have flu; it's not because I work in fashion.

I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers.

I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those.

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the '60s and '70s and '80s, that's what it was.