Carl Icahn Quotations..

• 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.
  Carl Icahn # Improvement, Buying, Investing, Wrong, Best, Confidence Quotes
• We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.
  Carl Icahn # Business, Company Quotes
• Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.
  Carl Icahn # Success, Smart, Creative, Best, Politics Quotes
• A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.
  Carl Icahn # Great, Company, Media, Leadership, Organization Quotes
• In life and business, there are two cardinal sins.. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.
  Carl Icahn # Life, Business, Sin, Thinking, Action Quotes
• I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations.
  Carl Icahn # Belief, Opportunity, Future, Positive Quotes
• We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
  Carl Icahn # Problems, Democracy, America Quotes
• You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.
  Carl Icahn # Business, Learning, Friendship, Smart Quotes
• 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.
  Carl Icahn # Wrong, People, America, Power, Company Quotes

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