Ory Okolloh Quotes

Business doesn't cut you any slack because of your gender. You're either good at what you do or you're not.

My coach never looked at me as a female fighter, but just as a fighter, as someone he was training. I had to work just as hard as the guys, or harder than them.

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.

I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I've never had a problem in a male-dominated sector. Results speak for themselves.

Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.

I don't know why there is a discrimination between women and men entrepreneurs. Those who are doing their job should just be seen as professionals and not women or men.

If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person.

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

Women must become more conscious of themselves as women and of their ability to function as a group. At the same time they must try to wipe from men’s consciousness the need to consider them as a group or as women in their everyday activities, especially as workers in industry or the professions.

I hope to be viewed and judged first and foremost by my accomplishments and capabilities as a leader - regardless of my gender.

If a man can coach a female, why can't a female coach a male? When I was looking for a coach, the gender of the coach never occurred to me. It was about who I thought was good and who I could get along with and listen to.

Being a woman has helped my career more than it's hindered it.

I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit.

There's no prize for being the best woman.

The focus has to be about making good work. I don't ever want to be hired for a job because I'm a woman. And I don't ever want to be recognized for a job because I'm a woman.

I truly believe that women are extremely talented people and with the right opportunities, they perform as well and maybe better than men.

We like to imagine that women would do a better job of ruling the world - and I'm one of those optimists - but women aren't a superior kind of life form just because of our gender. We're awesome but not perfect. We're human. Just like men.

My parents never told me, 'You're supposed to wear pink,' or 'You're meant to do this because you're a girl.'

I agree that at the end of the day, it's a man's world, but when I'm doing a film, I am working with the director, not a man or a woman.

People hold my father in very high esteem, but what was amazing was that nobody looked at me as a woman; I was never made aware of the fact that I am a woman.

Gender is not central to coding.

I have never let gender get in my way.