Quotes About Progress

With every advance, you have to look over your shoulder and know what you're giving up - look over your shoulder and look at what falls away.

I'm glad to see goal-line technology working; we should have had it for years. I do believe we will soon see managers being allowed one, or two, challenges.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

To have that opportunity to direct under my belt was fantastic, so I'm glad I did it.

I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.

I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about.

People used to call me a one film wonder. I am glad to understand the dynamics and demographics of functioning in this industry.

I am glad I did my Masters.

I have always believed that more stories of women in leadership roles need to be told and I am glad I could be a part of one such story.

Glasgow is weird city that makes you a bit of a fighter and we have always tried to push ahead.

I was happy living in a high-rise council estate in Glasgow up until our sixth album.

There are no barriers, and there is no glass ceiling when you put in the work.

And they were writing scripts where Christine had hit the glass ceiling. And I always thought Christine would never hit the glass ceiling. I thought her dreams would take her. Maybe her dreams wouldn't take her where she wanted, but she still had her dreams.

I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.

I think we'll see, not only with Glass, but the watch wearables, with the contact lens, that each of these things have their own best purpose, but it will take more on our part and society's part to figure out what that is.

I knew I needed to make a studio film - not for any financial reason, but because, as a filmmaker, and especially as a female filmmaker, you have to break through the glass ceiling.

What people need to realize is that when I was elected and put in this role, I was breaking a glass ceiling. What I didn't realize at the time was that I was breaking a glass ceiling that was going to fall on my head and leave a lot of shards of glass that I was going to have to crawl over throughout my time as a leader.

Britain is a country of glass ceilings.

Why was I going around in rhinestones before, and am now wearing a plaid shirt and glasses? It's not a question of fashion. It's a question of time and yourself. The country changed, I grew up, life changed. It's normal.

Today the search for a new global order is under way.

If we don't concentrate on resurrecting science, we're not going to be able to compete in a global economy.

If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.

As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.

I believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.