Heisley Quotes

#1. I personally have my own idea of an efficient house. It would be totally concrete with a big drain in the middle, a large fiberglass tree for my kids to swing from and a hose hanging in the corner.

Colleen Down

#2. [Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of every kind in later life, and makes it very difficult for them to accept the methods of thought which are successful in science.

John B. S. Haldane

#3. I've never seen the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Michael Heisley

#4. I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career ... I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune.

Michael Heisley

#5. How much you accumulate is a byproduct of what you enjoy doing in life. And I enjoy buying companies.

Michael Heisley

#6. I come from the operations side of the business, and I buy companies to operate them, not to flip them.

Michael Heisley

#7. I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.

Michael Heisley

#8. I tremendously enjoy getting involved in a troubled situation and straightening it out ... My interest would be if there was a situation that came up, and I thought I could do something with and the price was right, I would be interested.

Michael Heisley

#9. If you look at my business record, I basically love to do turn-arounds. That's where I made all of my money.

Michael Heisley

#10. There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action.

Jean-Pierre De Caussade

#11. I hope to continue acquiring companies, not so much for the accumulation of wealth but because it's what I do well, and you always like to do what you do well.

Michael Heisley

#12. I'm spontaneous. I jump in. I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process.

Nicole Kidman

#13. Pau Gasol is extremely popular in Spain. I don't know how much he sells, but I get nothing in Spain. The money goes to the league, and they use it for whatever they choose to use it for to run the league.

Michael Heisley

#14. There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

Michael Heisley

#15. It doesn't matter what we are. It matters what we do.

Michelle Hodkin

#16. I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.

Michael Heisley

#17. When I try to brush the road dust off of me and untangle all the wires in my head, I'm usually surrounded by music on a boat. But that's not how I wake up every day.

Kenny Chesney

#18. I was considered one of RCA's brightest young people. Then one day, I found out we'd been sold. They didn't even consult me.

Michael Heisley

#19. I love doing deals and operating companies.

Michael Heisley

#20. I've made it clear for some time if somebody came up with the right offer, I'd consider selling the team. It wasn't a secret in Memphis or, really, around the country.

Michael Heisley

#21. Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others

Carly Fiorina