Jason Blum Quotes

I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.

I think we have enough trouble finding community in this country, and sport does provide that. It is a mediocrisy, the greatest mediocrisy. If you're the best, it shows in sports. Nobody can say, 'Well, he's only there because of his connections,' or whatever. In that sense, I suppose it upholds democracy and the best in us.

Every player gets his time, no matter who you are.

No one man is superior to the game.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.

Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

No one should walk into a party and have a stamp that says 'mayor' or 'businessman' on their head. Everyone is just there to have a good time.

I've always felt that, in America, we're all equal. I don't care what you make or what kind of car you drive. You're not better than me.

I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

We are a nation without classes or special privileges.

I'm a firm believer in young, old, tall, short, doesn't matter. Basketball is basketball. It's the way you approach it.

No band is special, no player royalty.

We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

In the barbershop, there's democracy. You're a professor; you're an engineer; you're a garbage man, have at it. You got something to say, get down with it.

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.

I'm the CEO of A$AP Worldwide. But as you can see, when I'm with them, everybody's equal. We don't really base our love off of finances or who's superior by financial status. We're all equal. When I'm with them, I'm letting them shine 'cause it's just like how it used to be. They still there. I'm just chilling out front.

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.