there is always room at the top
- there is always room at the top
The remark is popularly attributed to the American politician Daniel Webster (1782–1852), and is said to have been his riposte after he had been advised against joining the legal profession on the grounds that it was already overcrowded.
1888 Clothier and Furnisher Jan. 38 The sage who so confidently remarked that ‘there is always room at the top’ might have added ‘because too many are pushed off.’
1900 W. JAMES Letter 2 Apr. (1920) II. 121 Verily there is room at the top. S—seems to be the only Britisher worth thinking of.
1914 A. BENNETT Price of Love vii. The Imperial had set out to be the most gorgeous cinema in the Five Towns; and it simply was. Its advertisements read: ‘There is always room at the top.’
1957 J. BRAINE Room at Top xxviii. You’re the sort of young man we want. There’s always room at the top.
1980 M. DRABBLE Middle Ground 140 There’s room at the top, maybe, but only for the clever ones.
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