Pritzker Quotes & Sayings

By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things. — J. B. Pritzker

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis. — J. B. Pritzker

I wanted to build businesses from the time I was little. — Penny Pritzker

I grew up in a household that revered building businesses. It wasn't thinking about leadership; it was more about building something. To build something, you ultimately have to lead. — Penny Pritzker

I tend to be a person who starts with the presumption that I should trust you until you abuse the privilege, and then our relationship is forever changed. That's a very big line, and chances are it's not going to work if it's crossed. I warn people that this is how I'm going to deal with it. — Penny Pritzker

Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table. — J. B. Pritzker

When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check. — J. B. Pritzker

What I've learned is that the most troublesome people don't tell you 100% of the story, and keep some facts to themselves. They just don't give you the full picture, and that's very worrisome to me. — Penny Pritzker

Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly. — J. B. Pritzker

Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one. — Michael Rooker

Hyatt lost its appeal because it was too big a machine. It's easy to systematize economies of scale, but you slowly lose who you are. — John Pritzker

I like walking into a smaller hotel where the desk clerk recognizes me. — John Pritzker

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains. — J. B. Pritzker

Women get 77 cents on the dollar that men get for the same job. — Penny Pritzker

All you need to do is to get clients in the hotel door; then they hand you their wallets for five days. — John Pritzker

Head Start has been a key component of health, nutrition and early learning opportunities since the 1960s. — J. B. Pritzker

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return. — J. B. Pritzker

I grew up in the motel business, and it evolved into hotels. — Penny Pritzker

Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural stardom and the inevitable waning of physical capacities prevent many architects from attaining the transcendent final phase more easily achieved by artists in other mediums. — Martin Filler

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics. — J. B. Pritzker

Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie. — J. B. Pritzker

After I got my law degree and business degree, I went to work for my family, and I spent two years at Hyatt doing a training program. I was really interested in real estate - one reason was that nobody in my family was doing that. I was looking for a place where I could be successful doing something that was my own. — Penny Pritzker

Businesses need to define what they need so training providers can offer up the right training. — Penny Pritzker

None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures. — J. B. Pritzker