Best Carl Icahn Quotes

#1. I can tell you how bad our boards are ... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.

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#2. Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

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#3. And I'm convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: "Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?" they will listen. It's their livelihood.

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#4. I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations.

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#5. When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.

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#6. When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.

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#7. Carl Icahn, corporate raider by trade, is creative, a scrambler, and certainly not to be underestimated.

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#8. I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.

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#9. When friends and acquaintances are telling you that you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.

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#10. Yellen's comments suggest, and I agree, that we are in an asset bubble.

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#11. A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

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#12. I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.

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#13. I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.

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#14. We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

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#15. Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call (and I believe as Reuters reported it), that it is almost impossible to predict what a market will do in the short term. There are too many variables.

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#16. A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.

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#17. Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.

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#18. I'm no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.

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#19. 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.

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#20. In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.

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#21. My wife watches me like a hawk.

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#22. CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind of money.

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#23. Everything I have is for sale, except for my kids and possibly my wife.

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#24. 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

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#25. You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.

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#26. Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.

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#27. You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.

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#28. Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

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#29. 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.

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#30. I have to look out for the shareholder's interests, and I'm the largest shareholder.

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#31. Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.

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