Advantage Quotes

"I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine"

"Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation"

Mary Harris Jones, Activist

"We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences"

Sonia Sotomayor, Judge

"There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair"

Frank Howard Clark, Writer

"Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves"

Guy Laliberte, Businessman

"I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just"

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Journalist

"The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious"

Edward Carpenter, Activist

"I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right"

Henry Bessemer, Scientist

"I think that there are changes that have occurred in technology that make is that more people can have the same level of information that I have. My advantage is that I'm very good at interpreting the information"

Jim Cramer, Businessman

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger"

Francis Quarles, Poet

"There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman"

Ethel Merman, Musician

"The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan"

Mark Shields, Journalist

"The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant"

Edward Sapir, Scientist

"Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity"

Campbell Scott, Actor

"We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members' best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage"

David Neeleman, Businessman

"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage"

Carl Van Vechten, Writer

"I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously"

Amber Tamblyn, Actress

"You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent"

Alexander Hamilton, Politician

"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own"

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian

"But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty"

Eugenio Montale, Poet

"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true"

Sophia Loren, Actress

"Diversity is a competitive advantage. When you bring together people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, you can achieve great things"

Mary Barra, Businesswoman

"He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game"

David Gower, Athlete

"I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor"

Samuel Dash, Lawyer

"As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary"

Sylvia Kristel, Actress

"I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin"

Tia Carrere, Actress

"A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage"

Robert McNamara, Public Servant

"Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election"

Olympia Snowe, Politician

"My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

"The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with"

J. Irwin Miller, Businessman

"If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage"

Jonathan Brown, Athlete

"I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage"

Jermaine Dupri, Musician

"If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage"

Gerard Arpey, Businessman

"SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions"

John Sladek, Author

"In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides"

Steven Soderbergh, Director

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