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

~George Kaiser

Topics: Achieving America Contract Equal Equal Opportunity Failed Goal Opportunity Social Social Contract

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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 influential and formative than later experiences. As has often been quoted, 85% of brain development takes place by age 3, and yet we spend only 4% of our educational dollars by that point.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Age Appears Been Brain Day Day One Development Dollars Dramatically Educational Experiences Formative Geometric Hour Influential Later Learning Month More Often One Day Only Our Place Point Progression Quoted Reverse Spend Takes Than Truly Year

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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 Dream.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Advanced American American Dream Being Born Dream Help Lottery Loving Obligation Parents Restore Society Special Those Who Won

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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 stimulus that rich kids receive, and they should end up with the same tools for success.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Born Chances Children Cognitive End Find Give Good Kids Poor Poverty Receive Rich Same Should Stimulus Success Tools Up Way Will You Your

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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 stimulation that lower-income kids often don't get.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Because Create Environment Genetic Get Home Kids Often Parents Rich Sensory Smart Stimulation Tend

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

~George Kaiser

Topics: Advance Anonymous Better Charitable May More Naming Operational Philanthropic Purpose Rights Seductive Support

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

~George Kaiser

Topics: Around Budgets Business Business World Charitable Drive Opportunities Other Should Way World

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

~George Kaiser

Topics: Companies Depression Desperate Gas Losses Net Oil Operating Were Without 1980S

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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 character or initiative so much as it was to dumb luck.

~George Kaiser

Topics: Arrived Character Charitable Commitment Due Dumb Early Fortune Good Good Fortune Guilt Initiative Largely Luck Much Personal Recognized Superior Suppose Through

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

~George Kaiser

Topics: About Around Doing Prefer Rather Sitting Talking Than Things

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: July 29th, 1942

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