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Quotes About Opportunities

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.
~ Nancy Pelosi
The war gave women like her opportunities, not a feminist movement, and if the opportunities dwindled after the war, she feels that it was because women didn't want them.
~ Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
~ Samantha Bond
I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.
~ Sandra Oh
A lot of times [in the movie industry], women are relegated to playing the wife or girlfriend or daughter.
~ Sarah Michelle Gellar
When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.
~ Sarah Michelle Gellar
Facebook is great for women and men. We are enormously flexible. We care a lot about great opportunities for women, we push ourselves to make things as flexible as possible.
~ Sheryl Sandberg
The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before.
~ Suze Orman
Young people in general - and young women in particular - need to understand that they cannot retrieve in their forties the opportunities they threw away in their twenties.
~ Thomas Sowell
Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
~ Tony Campolo
Our focus on discrimination against women during the past 30 years has blinded us to opportunities for women.
~ Warren Farrell
Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Visible obstacles shine a light on hidden opportunities.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There is always a solution to any problem.Find opportunities in any circumstance. Never become a victim.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I did a standup show called 'Show Me the Funny,' so from that I got some TV stuff and people would book me for gigs. I wasn't really good enough at that point, so had to catch up with expectations.
~ Ellie Taylor
I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.
~ Christen Press
I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know.
~ Sam Rockwell
My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.
~ James Harden
I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.
~ Teresa Palmer
I try to be very aware of opportunities as they arise. But I don't sit around staring at my navel and thinking about my brand development.
~ Ana Navarro
I did seven indies because the independent market used to be a lot better before all the stars were doing independents. As a beginning actor, that's where you started.
~ Josh Holloway
As an entrepreneur and investor, I prioritize construction and collaboration. Whether it's a five-person start-up or a global giant, the companies that are most productive are the ones whose employees operate with a shared sense of purpose and a clear set of policies for responding to changing conditions and new opportunities.
~ Reid Hoffman
India and Israel share great relations, and with Israel known as a start-up country, there are a lot entrepreneurship opportunities to explore on social projects.
~ Pranitha Subhash
'The Girlfriend Experience' was definitely the break-out. When it came out, I started getting other opportunities.
~ Sasha Grey