J.A. Perez Quotes

“Collaboration is about “team work.” It’s not a cliché, it’s a practical reality.”

“Sometimes a pad on the back or just a simple word of comfort is all that it takes to bring someone under heavy stress back to balance.”

“When there is abundance of fish, we need help to pull the nets.”

“A vision without a practical plan to develop it, is only that… “a vision.”

“If you cannot seat where they sit, you have no right to tell them what’s good for them.”

“Then she leant over and kissed him very slowly, with infinite tenderness. As if she had had to wait an eternity to do so.”

“To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.”

“There's a myth out there that you have to genuflect at the altar of quarterly earnings. But it's a false choice that you can either be a good fiduciary or promote values such as environmental sustainability.”

“If you're one car accident away from poverty, you're on a high wire without a safety net. And that's a challenging proposition.”

“When we talk about the kind of folks whose lives will be made better by raising the minimum wage, we're not talking about a couple teenagers earning extra spending money to supplement their allowance. We're talking about providers and breadwinners. Working Americans with bills to pay and mouths to feed.”