Kerry Stokes Quotes

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

When I was very young, I had to start to working to help my family, while my friends were studying. Since then, I have felt the urgency to escape from every dependency situation.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

…it would be much better to enable every man to earn his own living, instead of being driven to the awful necessity of stealing and then dying for it.

I did a job. I completed my Matric and my Bachelors. I did a marketing job. I worked as a bus hostess. I did a lot of jobs; I struggled a lot. I got out from there. The first thing I did when I got out of Darul Aman was my Matric. Then I did my Bachelors privately; I kept doing it.

Today's kids have a mind of their own, and they know how to exercise it. Even if I wanted to tell Sara or my son Ibrahim how to lead their lives - which I don't - they would not listen to me. Luckily, Sara chose to complete her studies before pursuing acting. She attended Columbia University and then devoted her attention to Bollywood.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it.

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

Education and work are the levers to uplift the people.

If you work, you should not be poor.

Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.

The kids of America, please get a damn job. Get out of the house, leave the refrigerator alone. Stop wearing my shoes. Leave my shirts alone, get a job. Spend your own money.

People used to call me for donations, and I couldn't relate to that because I have spent most of my life trying to support myself.

Everyone deserves the chance to make their own choices. The first step on this pathway is experiencing the working world.

After graduating from high school, even though I was working, I didn't have enough money to pay rent, so I stayed with my Nana.

It's not easy to decide what is best for you in the future.