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12 quotes by George Kaiser

George B. Kaiser (born July 29, 1942 ) is an American businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is among the 100 richest people in the world and one of the top 50 American philanthropists.
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If you are born into poverty, the chances are good that your children will be born into poverty. Find a way to give poor kids the same cognitive... →

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America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.

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During the desperate depression of the 1980s, there were no oil and gas companies without net operating losses.

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I prefer doing things rather than sitting around talking about doing things.

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If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

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In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.

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Naming rights are a seductive philanthropic inducement, yet more anonymous operational support may better advance the charitable purpose.

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I suppose I arrived at my charitable commitment largely through guilt. I recognized early on that my good fortune was not due to superior personal... →

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Maybe the perceived fact that smart, rich parents tended to have smart, rich kids was largely due to the fact that they also tended to have... →

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Rich, smart parents tend to have rich, smart kids - not because it's genetic but because they can create a home environment and sensory... →

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Those who have won the ovarian lottery by being born in an advanced society to loving parents have a special obligation to help restore the American... →

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Truly, learning appears to be a reverse geometric progression with experiences at one hour, one day, one month or one year dramatically more... →

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