Al-Waleed bin Talal quotes

Al-Waleed bin Talal is a Saudi Arabian businessman and investor, recognized as one of the wealthiest individuals in the world. His holdings span diverse industries, including banking, real estate, media, and hospitality. He is known for his philanthropy, high-profile investments, and significant influence in global business circles. Here are 29 of his quotes:

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now. (Al-Waleed bin Talal)
Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid. View quote
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Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views. View quote
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I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries. View quote
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If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all. View quote
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You cannot play with fire. View quote
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My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats. View quote
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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward. View quote
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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international. View quote
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I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them. View quote
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion. (Al-Waleed bin Talal)
No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world. View quote
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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don't have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much. View quote
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I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis. View quote
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Ethics to me is very important. View quote
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The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan. View quote
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One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music. View quote
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In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city. View quote
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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek. View quote
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You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there. View quote
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Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world. (Al-Waleed bin Talal)
You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera. View quote
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I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause. View quote
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated. View quote
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The legacy of Steve Jobs and the strength of Steve Jobs is that he established a company that's clearly firing on all cylinders and clicking very well. View quote
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Al-Waleed bin Talal

Al-Waleed bin Talal - Image
Photo: Hamit erik, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Saudi Arabian Businessman
Born: March 7, 1955
Quotes count: 29

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