C. V. Raman Quotes

For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.

The last thing I wanted was a big paycheck but no inspiration or support.

ROIers are always reaching out to me to share their appreciation for the experiences, opportunities and connections we have provided and also to express their excitement about taking the next step in their leadership journey.

It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.

I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc at Columbia University, I was deep in a publish-or-perish phase of my career. I had to write five pages a day towards papers, or I would have to give up five dollars.

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

There's a lot of room to grow, and the women who believe they're worth it are the ones who are going to make good things happen during the next period of WNBA growth.

Rhoda Morgenstern gave a wonderful impetus and propulsion to my career.

Academicians get nowhere.

Being able to hear someone say, 'I found an incredible job on The Muse,' or 'It gave me courage to make a career change,' that's the motivating factor.

Throughout my career as a lawyer, teacher and labor leader, books have remained my constant companion - stuffed into a briefcase, overflowing on my bedside table, stacked on my desk at work. Books have carried me to distant worlds, opened new doors and made me feel empathy, compassion, anger, fear, joy, acceptance - and everything in between.

I love the women who are coming back to school and getting their degrees because they're so focused.

Juve have allowed me to show my worth, it has provided me with a challenge that has motivated me.

I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative.

It's just great when my job makes me more curious.

The past four years at St. John's University have been one of the most thrilling and challenging points of my career.

I read 'Lean In' at a really important time as I was deciding to run for office.

This happens to me every couple of years. I'll look at someone I respect and I'll realize that he's outworking me. It changes the way I behave for the next half decade.

Mentorship is the key to extraordinary success.

The person who gets hired is not necessarily the one who can do that job best; but, the one who knows the most about how to get hired.

I've always known that if I got the right opportunity and the right system, I could be successful.

The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius.