Ownership Generally Quotes by John C. Malone

The fact that equities are being sold down, despite the lowest interest rates in recent history, simply means that the market doesn't see growth…

— John C. Malone

I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology…

— John C. Malone

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesnt get trashed.

— John C. Malone

The curse of the cable industry over all these years as an operating reality is that every year the debt goes up (and) all…

— John C. Malone

Recently somebody said, "Hey, you lost weight," and I said, "Yeah, thirty-five pounds and three and a half billion dollars." So I'm quite a…

— John C. Malone

What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational. I mean, it used to be a…

— John C. Malone

The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements.

— John C. Malone

Synergies are something that the CEO basically has to force to happen, because organizations are, generally, like bodies in motion that tend to stay…

— John C. Malone

You just have to be opportunistic, and try to figure out what creates value.. where the bottom is, what creates incremental value, and in…

— John C. Malone

Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to…

— John C. Malone

There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings.

— John C. Malone

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

— John C. Malone