The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
- Vernon Jordan
Bus, Bus Driver, Last, Transit
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
Here, Could, Meant, Rockefeller
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
Will, About, Learned, I Have Learned
September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
- Vernon Jordan
Tragedy, Own, Stands, September
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.
- Vernon Jordan
Work, Process, Which, Incentive
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
Against, Part, Which, Bonus
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
- Vernon Jordan
Give, Will, Individual, Recognize
My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
- Vernon Jordan
Mother, School, PTA, Attended
Terrorism is not new to black people.
- Vernon Jordan
People, Black, New, Terrorism
You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
- Vernon Jordan
How, Careful, Using, Be Careful
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
Black, Here, Shoulders, Achieved
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