Ted Turner quotes

Ted Turner is an American media mogul and philanthropist, best known as the founder of CNN. His influence transformed the global news industry through 24-hour television news coverage. He is also recognized for his significant charitable contributions and environmental activism. Here are 77 of his quotes:

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. (Ted Turner)
Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. View quote
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If I only had a little humility I would be perfect. View quote
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for. View quote
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Sports is like a war without the killing. View quote
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that. View quote
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Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. View quote
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world. View quote
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I see what keeps people young: work! View quote
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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces. View quote
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business. (Ted Turner)
The mind is just another muscle. View quote
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I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out. View quote
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The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy. View quote
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Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better. View quote
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There's nothing wrong with being fired. View quote
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money. View quote
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Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. View quote
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world. View quote
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To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless. View quote
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'. (Ted Turner)
My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job. View quote
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. View quote
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All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it. View quote
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If people get all the sex they can handle, they're so happy and content they just sit around and smile. I mean, you never feel aggressive just after you've gotten laid, right? Lots of sex for everybody, that's a solution to the world's problems. View quote
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Ted Turner

Occupation: American Businessman
Born: November 19, 1938
Quotes count: 77
Wikipedia: Ted Turner

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