Howard Lutnick

In this business, technology is life or death.

— Howard Lutnick

I have great kids and family.

— Howard Lutnick

People looked to rating agencies to do the work for them.

— Howard Lutnick

You can't make promises you can't keep.

— Howard Lutnick

Washington is not the engine of the economy.

— Howard Lutnick

It's hard for bad things to happen when you have no debt.

— Howard Lutnick

Data drives success. That is how we began our success with eSpeed. It was always based on the data.

— Howard Lutnick

The Cantor reputation is one we get from clients and those we hire.

— Howard Lutnick

It's the details that make people distinct, that make them individuals.

— Howard Lutnick

The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts.

— Howard Lutnick

The World Trade Center was the target for the world, and they hit the target.

— Howard Lutnick

If people say I paid someone more because I liked them, okay. I don't think that's a bad thing.

— Howard Lutnick

The only reason to have money is to share it with your friends and have fun.

— Howard Lutnick

I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard.

— Howard Lutnick

The idea that big buyside firms are going to come in and trade mano-a-mano with high-frequency trading firms shows a lack of…

— Howard Lutnick

With management and employees on the same side of the table, your interests are aligned, and shareholders look at you as one.

— Howard Lutnick

In 1997, clients balked at self-ordering. They thought it was beneath them. But in 1998, a sea change in perception came, thanks…

— Howard Lutnick

People don't value strongly enough how much time they spend in the office. Imagine you could work with people you love -…

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The combination of Cantor and eSpeed will earn more money and be more profitable than we ever were before September 11.

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After Hurricane Sandy, we adopted 19 elementary schools in tough neighborhoods. We took each kid in those schools and gave the family…

— Howard Lutnick

I worked during summers on the foreign exchange desk as a dollar/yen broker for Noonan, Astley & Pierce. I used to write…

— Howard Lutnick

What people really haven't thought about with real estate is, if you get tax reform, you're going to see real estate now...…

— Howard Lutnick

Personally, I find it odd that they would name it One World Trade Center. Frankly, I think if they named it any…

— Howard Lutnick

You have to give people more than one chance. We hire people in job A, and if it doesn't work out, we…

— Howard Lutnick

New York is a spectacular place, and those who are jealous of the way we live our lives are always going to,…

— Howard Lutnick

Anything commodity-like will be sold online. The world is going to trade commodities like it trades stocks.

— Howard Lutnick

For us to be successful, we have to kick our competitors' butt.

— Howard Lutnick

Our whole lives, did any of us actually think a quarter of a percent was actually an interest rate?

— Howard Lutnick

Without parents, you sort of lose the gravity that keeps your feet on the earth.

— Howard Lutnick

When you take away all the people whose shoulders a CEO stands on, the CEO is just a person.

— Howard Lutnick

My goal after 9/11 was to take care of the families of the people we lost, and that was the most important thing.

— Howard Lutnick

Athletics weren't really in the cards in my family - books, not body.

— Howard Lutnick

eSpeed took the worst that the world could dish out, and it still stood and performed.

— Howard Lutnick

Dead-low interest rates are great for stocks. They don't run up, they creep up.

— Howard Lutnick

The best way to show someone you love them is to care for the people they love.

— Howard Lutnick

Haverford was there for me and taught me what it meant to be a human being.

— Howard Lutnick

I believe in what I call 'the surfer's theory.' You see a really, really big wave. You keep surfing, keep going forward.…

— Howard Lutnick