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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
Vernon Jordan
I’m here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that’s true of every black person I know who has achieved.
Vernon Jordan
You’re in love, that’s what your problem is.
Vernon Jordan
The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
Vernon Jordan
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
Vernon Jordan
September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
Vernon Jordan
You have to be careful how you’re using the word boycott.
Vernon Jordan
Terrorism is not new to black people.
Vernon Jordan
What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
Vernon Jordan
My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
Vernon Jordan
What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
Vernon Jordan
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
Vernon Jordan