Michael Milken Quotes

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• In the four decades of philanthropy that have paralleled my business career, I've found that the same principles apply whether you're providing access to capital…
• Earlier in this century, philanthropy often flowed from the wills of dead industrialists. In recent decades, it's as likely to have come from a very…
• There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation…
• Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives.…
• Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private sector. One of…
• The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.
• The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less than ... zero ... point ... zero…
• The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no…
• You've got to treat people as equals, and make them feel like it's their company. I don't know if I've had any impact or helped…
• So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What…
• I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness.
• The rest of the world is growing so quickly, they'll be looking for anything to buy.
• For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even…
• In financing growing companies, we always looked for human value that didn't appear on the balance sheet.
• My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a…

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