Success in business, as in life, is often largely just a matter of luck. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Hillary Brown understands that?for our grandchildren's sake?we must rebuild America and, in doing so, re-imagine our interconnected infrastructure systems to make them more efficient,… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy that can provide employment for everyone… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
The whole market mechanism and its evolution is something that, I'm kind of of the Buffett School. You know, if I see a derivative,… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Financial hydrogen bombs built on personal computers by 26-year-olds with MBAs. — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
