"We want these assets to be productive. We……" — Carl Icahn
"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 I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands"
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29 Quotes by Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn has 29 quotes on this site.
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I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
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You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.
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With some exceptions, the wrong people are running U.S. companies. It's been that way for years, and it hasn't gotten…
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Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing…
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We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
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We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories.…
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In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second…
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Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make…
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I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just…
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.
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I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations…
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Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules…
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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
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For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own…
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Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.
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