The passion to get
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. Eric Hoffer
Get Ahead
Well I was born
Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run . Emmylou Harris
A lot of singers
A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside… I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do. Ella Fitzgerald
Prejudice against womenis many,
Prejudice against womenis many, many times intensified against older women. You are viewed not as an intellect but as a body…. Astonishingly, even women’s liberation has paid extraordinarily little attention to the older woman and to the fact that her job is limited because she is [older]. They say that women shouldn’t be sex objects, … Read more
You have to be
You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures. Elaine Stritch
Every time somebody on
Every time somebody on the internet sort of glances at us sideways, we launch an attack at them. That’s not going to work out for us long term, and the U.S. have to get ahead of the problem if we’re going to succeed. Edward Snowden
I hate to see
I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name. Edward Kennedy
The abuse of power
The abuse of power that seems to create the most unhappiness is when a person uses personal power to get ahead without regards to the welfare of others, or when power is used to go into the lower dimensional planes. Frederick Lenz
If you want to
If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer — not a book. Fran Lebowitz
Advice to young writers
Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don’t write about Man, write about a man. E. B. White