Augusten Burroughs Quotes

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

People should be able to rise as hard, high as their hard work, their ambition, their talent will take them.

Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where you came from, but because of where you want to go.

I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind.

I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.

Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.

We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.

The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from the mass of the nation only—not from its privileged classes.

Regardless of zip code, talent and IQ are evenly distributed, so we need to make sure that opportunity is evenly distributed, too.

My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort.

What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls.

I was a firm believer that every cricketer needs to get a fair chance.

I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.

This is America. In our country it doesn't matter a lick where you are from, it only matters where you're going.

No matter where you're born in life or what the circumstances are when you're born, like your parents being poor or not connected to power, you have a chance in this country to go as far as your talent and your work will take you.

I'm convinced that if the same opportunities were made available to everybody, people would want to better their lot in life.

Giving calls for genius.

Technology is closing the gap between what one can imagine and what one can do and as a result the equality of opportunity is unmatched in human history.

Punishing achievement isn't gonna help anybody. Trying to equalize people by lowering the people at the top, that's not good. All that is is punitive. Why don't you find a way to elevate people at the bottom?

Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all.

Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me