Quotes About Opportunity

As a kid, I felt I had it bad - and people where I came from did - but if I'd been in a similar position in America, it could've been 10 times worse. We have the NHS. We don't have slums like I've seen in the Deep south, or shocking intolerance.

I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money or being able to support family.

I've had a pilot every single year that didn't sell for the past four years, that'll smack you in the back of the head. I had a really good one last year; I wouldn't have done the play in New York if I had gotten that one.

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

I'm bad in front of the camera. However, if someone gave me a small role in a film with two dialogues and one scene, I'd do it.

Every small business will give you an entrepreneurial way of looking at things. I guarantee you that for every plant that closes, if you gave it to one small-business person in that community, he or she would find a way to make it work. The small-business attitude is you always find a way to make it work.

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

We are going through tough economic times but things are looking up, and the indicators are improving not only for large corporations but also for small business.

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.

On the one hand, Porto Monenegro is shape-shifting - it replaced a naval shipyard with a new marina - but it's also mind-shifting, opening up an array of other small business opportunities. And this shape-shifting and mind-shifting, it is exactly what we're trying to do in Montenegro.

I've always loved small business.

We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.

As someone who has owned a small business in the past, I understand how difficult it can be to get a loan.

I truly believe that the job creators, those people making $200,000 a year, are the small business men and women that create the jobs and ultimately will help the middle class and the poor.

For years, people have been trying to talk to me about doing a show, and I wouldn't do one because I'm a serious business guy. I'm not going to do a stupid show. So, the opportunity came up with CNBC, and we started talking. It became a real business show. It's educational, people watch it, and it's great for small business.

It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business.

Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital.

Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.

There is no doubt that pollution contributes to the climate changing around us, but what I refuse to do is support a climate tax bill like Waxman/Markey put in place that would have cost farmers and ranchers in the state, that would cost small business the opportunity to grow, that would increase that bills that families pay, $1,700 a year.