Some of the people in finance touch enormous parts of the economy. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I didn't get to be successful by letting people hurt Blackstone or me. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Washington, D.C., puts enormous burdens on people who, at the end of the day, are just humans. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Don't go into something you actually don't know much about, in the hopes that you're going to get really financially successful and… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Ironically, when a bunch of very smart people are sitting around a table for hours trying to figure out whether they should… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Preparing youth for employment requires training that is demand-driven to meet the needs of companies and ensure that young people are taught… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
What I've found in being around political people is they're willing to negotiate their ideology somewhere around 5 percent. They believe that's… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I don't feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don't. I feel the… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they happen to… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The language skill in the U.S. for the most part has been awful. Many Americans don't learn any foreign language. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I chose to start Schwarzman Scholars because I saw the potential for the world to become focused and unhappy with China, in large part… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Education around entrepreneurship should start early, at secondary level, and be very robust by college level. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
When I was much younger, I realized that when I was handling something very large, and I was on my own doing that, that… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
In the Catholic schools, they spend much less money than the public schools, and they get amazing results. Private schools spend much more money… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system is… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
