David Rubenstein Quotes

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• Persist - don't take no for an answer. If you're happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you'll be sitting at…
• The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing…
• I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational in…
• For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.
• I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some…
• I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?
• I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.
• I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as…
• My work life is intense. But I love what I do.
• People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.
• All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though I'm…
• Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped…
• I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just…
• I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I…
• I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay.…
• I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me…
• It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success…
• Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the…
• My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post office, so when…
• Obama had reached out to the business community, they just haven't liked all of his decisions and some of his rhetoric. But generally, I think…

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