First Sin Quotes by Carl Icahn

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Carl Icahn has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
• You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.
• With some exceptions, the wrong people are running U.S. companies. It's been that way for years, and it hasn't gotten much better.
• Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and…
• We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
• We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term…
• We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person…
• In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to…
• Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
• CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind…
• I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to…
• Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.

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