Unequal Opportunities Quotes

Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. It’s very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.

Whatever we do, whatever our backgrounds, we've all had some kind of advantage somewhere along the way. Some break that might have gone to someone else. Some edge or inside track we couldn't have counted on.

When I joined Uber, the organization I was part of was over 25% women. By the time I was trying to transfer to another Eng. organization, this number had dropped down to less than 6%. Women were transferring out of the organization, and those who couldn't transfer were quitting or preparing to quit.

Treating women like a burden to the men is one of the reasons for poverty.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

It would be as wise to set up an accomplished lawyer to saw wood as a business as to condemn an educated and sensible woman to spend all her time boiling potatoes and patching old garments. Yet this is the lot of many, a one who incessantly stitches and boils and bakes, compelled to thrust back out of sight the aspirations which fill her soul.

I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.

Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

I was fortunately always offered jobs because I was so pretty. Women used to complain about it!

I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

My whole life, I've felt like I've always had to prove myself. It's never been easy, as easy as others who are in my position have had it.

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

The defeats and victories for the people at the top aren't defeats and victories for the people at the bottom.

Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.

Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.

Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.

It's very difficult to be a woman in any industry.

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.