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title: "86 Mergers Quotes by 81 authors"
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> [Mergers and acquisitions, we are always looking for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-flannery/mergers-and-acquisitions-we-are-always-looking-for-that/)

[John L. Flannery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-flannery/)

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> [I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-always-said-that-mega-mergers-were-for-megalomaniacs/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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> [We get talent and scale from mergers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-braly/we-get-talent-and-scale-from-mergers/)

[Angela Braly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-braly/)

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> [The FCC has delayed the decision on the Time/Warner Comcast merger. So how do you think those folks like being put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/the-fcc-has-delayed-the-decision-on-the-time-warner-comcast-merger-so/)

[David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/)

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> [We read the financial papers and there's a ton of tech and media mergers and acquisitions we're likely to take inspiration from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/we-read-the-financial-papers-and-there-s-a-ton-of-tech-and-media/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

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> [I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/i-ve-got-stuff-about-airline-mergers-which-just-shows-that-my-stand/)

[Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/)

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> [The pending merger with XM will offer unprecedented choice for consumers and create tremendous value for stockholders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-karmazin/the-pending-merger-with-xm-will-offer-unprecedented-choice-for/)

[Mel Karmazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-karmazin/)

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> [How do you make money? Spinoffs, split-ups, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-gabelli/how-do-you-make-money-spinoffs-split-ups-liquidations-mergers-and/)

[Mario Gabelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-gabelli/)

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> [Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-fadell/typical-mergers-happen-when-there-are-two-competitors-coming-together/)

[Tony Fadell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-fadell/)

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> [The big-business mergers and the big-labour mergers have the appearance of dinosaurs mating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/the-big-business-mergers-and-the-big-labour-mergers-have-the/)

[John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/)

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> [Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/most-corporate-name-changes-are-the-result-of-mergers-and/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [We've identified not just one merger, but a whole string of mergers that some of these large companies made that we believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lina-khan/we-ve-identified-not-just-one-merger-but-a-whole-string-of-mergers/)

[Lina Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lina-khan/)

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> [I propose that matchmaking should be approached like a corporate business venture. It can be risky, but I have discovered that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rinder/i-propose-that-matchmaking-should-be-approached-like-a-corporate/)

[Robert Rinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rinder/)

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> [Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/well-you-would-have-to-say-what-is-the-criteria-to-determine-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Patent battles have become a strong catalyst for mergers, reducing competition in various domains. The largest corporations, with gigantic patent portfolios, routinely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/patent-battles-have-become-a-strong-catalyst-for-mergers-reducing/)

[James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/)

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> [Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sinek/mergers-are-like-marriages-they-are-the-bringing-together-of-two/)

[Simon Sinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sinek/)

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> [Combination does not produce though mergers and combinations are still the accepted panacea. In Big business there appears to be increasing aridity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-fessenden/combination-does-not-produce-though-mergers-and-combinations-are/)

[Reginald Fessenden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reginald-fessenden/)

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> [“Publicly traded companies die through acquisitions, mergers, and bankruptcies at the same rate regardless of how well established they are or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/publicly-traded-companies-die-through-acquisitions-mergers-and/)

[Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/)

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> [The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-hundt/the-department-of-justice-should-resolutely-bar-monopolizing-mergers/)

[Reed Hundt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-hundt/)

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> [I mean look at all these acquisitions and mergers - WhatsApp and Oculus and et cetera. There's no way that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/i-mean-look-at-all-these-acquisitions-and-mergers-whatsapp-and-oculus/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

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> [I started in investment banking at Allen & Company in 1991. It was the go-go days of media mergers, and we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dara-khosrowshahi/i-started-in-investment-banking-at-allen-company-in-1991-it-was-the/)

[Dara Khosrowshahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dara-khosrowshahi/)

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> [As the corporation's size and power grew, so did the need to assuage people's fears of it. The corporation suffered its first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-bakan/as-the-corporation-s-size-and-power-grew-so-did-the-need-to-assuage/)

[Joel Bakan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-bakan/)

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> [When you have competing companies that are engaging in the raising of prices in lock step with each other, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-pirro/when-you-have-competing-companies-that-are-engaging-in-the-raising-of/)

[Jeanine Pirro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-pirro/)

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> [Nature is flexible and resilient. Nature likes redundancy and dispersion. It is approximate and deals in gradients. All boundaries are permeable. Nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frenay/nature-is-flexible-and-resilient-nature-likes-redundancy-and/)

[Robert Frenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frenay/)

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> [Katalyst is a merger of three industries. A piece of us is connected to ad agencies. Because we get the complex overlay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashton-kutcher/katalyst-is-a-merger-of-three-industries-a-piece-of-us-is-connected/)

[Ashton Kutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashton-kutcher/)

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> [Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-kucinich/utilities-used-deregulation-to-effect-a-series-of-mergers-limiting/)

[Dennis Kucinich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-kucinich/)

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> [In the words of Louis Brandeis, the Supreme Court justice, we have a choice between a democracy or vast concentrations of wealth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/in-the-words-of-louis-brandeis-the-supreme-court-justice-we-have-a/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/it-s-such-a-nice-change-to-get-to-play-a-wretched-shallow-mergers-and/)

[Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/)

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> [We're seeing the convergence of a big, corporate party right now. A sort of bipartisan merger under the figure of Hillary Clinton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/we-re-seeing-the-convergence-of-a-big-corporate-party-right-now-a/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [The historical evidence shows that shareholders usually greatly benefit from mergers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-historical-evidence-shows-that-shareholders-usually-greatly/)

[Stephen Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-moore/)

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> [Don't you know what marriage means in this world? They are mergers and acquisitions disguised as marriages. In other words, the takeover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seo-do-young/don-t-you-know-what-marriage-means-in-this-world-they-are-mergers-and/)

[Seo Do-young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seo-do-young/)

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> [There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakshmi-mittal/there-will-be-no-job-cuts-arising-out-of-this-merger-in-europe-this/)

[Lakshmi Mittal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakshmi-mittal/)

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> [Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/most-airlines-move-too-fast-in-a-merger-speed-is-not-as-critical-as/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [We need to pressure lawmakers to hold hearings on pending mergers, and pressure federal and state enforcers to use their full powers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/we-need-to-pressure-lawmakers-to-hold-hearings-on-pending-mergers-and/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ghosn/every-single-time-you-make-a-merger-somebody-is-losing-his-identity/)

[Carlos Ghosn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ghosn/)

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> [At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-turner/at-time-warner-i-had-ten-percent-of-the-stock-after-the-merger-but/)

[Ted Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-turner/)

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> [Our obligation is to preserve competition and make sure that mergers are not unlawfully lessening competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lina-khan/our-obligation-is-to-preserve-competition-and-make-sure-that-mergers/)

[Lina Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lina-khan/)

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> [Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called 'tuck-in acquisitions.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-berenson/wal-mart-does-not-do-big-mergers-though-it-will-buy-much-smaller/)

[Alex Berenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-berenson/)

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> [A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/a-merger-is-hard-to-pull-off-under-any-circumstances-it-s-harder-when/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [Multiple mergers can be challenging because people come from different backgrounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-bhattacharya/multiple-mergers-can-be-challenging-because-people-come-from/)

[Arundhati Bhattacharya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-bhattacharya/)

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