Boards Quote by Carl Icahn Download Open image “Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.” — Carl Icahn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Boards Corporate Cynic Democracy Inspirational
I don't like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy. — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
I like the little semi-competencies of human beings, I realize. Governance, after all, is a messy business, a world of demi-solutions and compromise, where… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes.… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
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. — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong. — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
And I'm convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it. — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
I am somewhat influenced by the years that I've spent trying to actually get things done, whether it was reforming education in Arkansas or… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And that's what… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have… — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Once scouting fully opens its doors to all who desire the same experience that so fully enriched me as a young person, I will… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He is nothing more than one of my pawns. However, he is not a normal pawn. He is a pawn that can get across… — Yana Toboso Copy Share Image
