Sam Zell

“Shortly before we closed the deal, Randy Michaels and Terry Jacobs, who were running Jacor, came to me to finance the acquisition…

— Sam Zell

My single biggest financial concern is the loss of the dollar as the reserve currency. I can't imagine anything more disastrous to…

— Sam Zell

The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.

— Sam Zell

The question is not do you take money out of stocks and put it into real estate, or the reverse. There's so…

— Sam Zell

Just by being private, the culture will change. We won't be forced to make decisions that are 90 days in relevance.

— Sam Zell

I've always been called a professional opportunist, and in the future I'm open to anything. We've spent a lot of time offshore,…

— Sam Zell

Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get…

— Sam Zell

In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends…

— Sam Zell

When you got a demand issue it's hard to imagine the stock market at an all-time high.

— Sam Zell

When all is said and done, what must be remembered is a newspaper is a business. It used to be a fabulous…

— Sam Zell

Everyone likes pussy. It's un-American not to like pussy.

— Sam Zell

If you could find a major city that actually had a functioning, good public school system, you should buy all the real…

— Sam Zell

“Risk is the ultimate differentiator. I have always had a deep and complex relationship with it. I am not a reckless person,…

— Sam Zell

The single biggest issue that I'm very sensitive to is inflation. I'm very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates…

— Sam Zell

I can’t imagine anything being more disastrous to our country than if the dollar lost its reserve-currency status.

— Sam Zell