Quotes About Opportunity

Jobs are created by businesses, especially small and mid-sized businesses.

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

Until we know how many women own businesses, we may under-invest in them as entrepreneurs and economic drivers.

I am a businessman.

It doesn't take anything to be a businessman.

I think any smart businessman would go where the money is bigger, but I also feel like you don't forget your roots either.

People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.

I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.

I was nearly in Busted.

The difference between a Democrat and Republican is that Democrats fight to make sure everybody has an opportunity to succeed, and the Republicans are strangled by their right-wing extremists.

If I had the opportunity to speak to a young immigrant girl that just arrived to the U.S. the advice I would have for her would be: ask, speak, search; because there are opportunities out there. And, know that you aren't the only immigrant or the last to come to this country. Many that have come before you have succeeded. It is possible.

Everyone who has succeeded in correcting their wrong should have the right to work.

I never had a proper modeling career. It was not something I succeeded in. Once I started acting, that's when the fashion world kind of embraced me.

I grew up believing in meritocracy and the American dream. My parents came here from India. They had no connections. My brother and I went to public schools, and both of us succeeded.

I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.

Destiny wasn't on the side of Rajiv Kapoor. Worse actors than him have succeeded in this industry.

I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptional men who succeed. Until we get the less-exceptional women succeeding equally, we do not have full equality.

You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.

People don't understand this: if you want to have a really good shot at succeeding, there are doors you have to slam in people's faces and say, 'This is my priority, and you can't depend on me to help you.' I was never good at that.

My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.

If you look at the heritage of the cable business, if you can own a niche, you have a good chance of succeeding.

Most start-up companies fail and it is smart public policy to help entrepreneurs increase their odds of succeeding. But, the biggest loss to our economy is not all the start-ups that didn't make it: It's the ones that might have been created but weren't.

My criteria when looking for a role is that I will do anything that stands the chance of succeeding on the level it is intended to. After that, if it's a part I can do something personal with.

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.