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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

The middle-class ladder has rungs that no longer exist for many trying to climb higher. Instead, for too many, in too many places, their chore is simply trying to hang on.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

I don't even like walking up a ladder; I'm petrified of heights.

I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.

The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.