I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings,… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share
Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will… — Eli Broad Copy Share
I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that… — Eli Broad Copy Share
Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it. — Eli Broad Copy Share
It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained. — Eli Broad Copy Share
The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then… — Eli Broad Copy Share
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. — Eli Broad Copy Share
School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office,… — Eli Broad Copy Share
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want… — Eli Broad Copy Share
I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're… — Eli Broad Copy Share
Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it… — Eli Broad Copy Share
To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good… — Eli Broad Copy Share
Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational. — Eli Broad Copy Share
