Ursula Burns Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.”

“I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.”

“Impatience is a virtue.”

“Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.”

“My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.”

“My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.”

“The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.”

“This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.”

“I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.”

“Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.”