J. B. Pritzker Quotes

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

[Campaign] Promises forecast governance.

Let's stop talking about crisis. Let's work instead.

There are two things you can do in politics: you can sit around waiting for things to happen, or you can start doing them.

Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

It's not the time to look for excuses.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.