Carl Icahn Quotes

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• I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
• You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.
• With some exceptions, the wrong people are running U.S. companies. It's been that way for years, and it hasn't gotten much better.
• Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses.…
• We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
• We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What…
• We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it…
• In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at…
• Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
• CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind of money.
• I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.
• Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
• When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.
• Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.
• A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.
• When friends and acquaintances are telling you that you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always…
• I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.
• Yellen’s comments suggest, and I agree, that we are in an asset bubble.
• Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call (and…
• Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.

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