Businessman Quotes

But certainly I didn't know he was doing anything that was criminal.

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.

The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.

Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.

We will separate, but we will not quarrel.

My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

Who cares if a movie star has an opinion unless the person is very well informed?

We have more voices from more points of view on the C-SPAN call-in show than I've heard anywhere else. You can literally tune us in every day and hear it all. You can't control it, and you shouldn't control it.

Some people when they get older are so firm in their beliefs that you'll never move them.

My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.

It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.

It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.

I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.

I've been invited to appear on Letterman, but they wanted me to talk about a funny videotape of Congress. 'Bring us your outtakes!' That's not our job.

I'm anti-big power. I don't know if that's populist or not.

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

I think technology has changed America, not any one organization. Technology is taking the power away from the few. There'll be a lot more choices, and good people who are doing serious stuff will survive and there'll be a lot more voices, and that is very healthy.

I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.

I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but... I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, 'Why have we gone there?' It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap. It's so easy.

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.

More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.

We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. We're adventurous. We like the challenge of unknown territory, unknown artistic field, and that's what stimulates us.

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.

We didn't reinvent the circus. We repackaged it in a much more modern way.

We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.

The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.