Definitely Quote by Ted Waitt

I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by…

— David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

I'm not going to speak about any of our investors or board members at all because we don't.

— Alexander Nix

The biggest unrewarding venture is not to venture.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

I do not like government-sponsored enterprises.

— Richard Shelby

Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it.

— Ben Horowitz

We understand that conglomerates have no future.

— Joe Kaeser

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work…

— Barry Ritholtz

I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage.

— Amy Plum

The key to making acquisitions is being ready because you really never know when the right big one is going to come along.

— James McNerney

I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.

— Carl Icahn

In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they abandoned their…

— Robert Reich

Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders.

— Whitney Tilson