Vernon Jordan

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have…

— Vernon Jordan

Terrorism is not new to black people.

— Vernon Jordan

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

— 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 are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by…

— Vernon Jordan

What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if…

— 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

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

— Vernon Jordan

You're in love, that's what your problem is.

— Vernon Jordan

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make…

— Vernon Jordan

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

— Vernon Jordan

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

— Vernon Jordan

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am…

— Vernon Jordan