Milken Quotes

#1. A revival of 'Of Mice and Men' would have seemed out of place in years of Reaganomics, Donald Trump and Michael Milken, a time when Rambo supplied millions of filmgoers with a fantasy that masked what was really going on in their lives.

Jay Parini

#2. The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars; not seen asunder, but giving light together.

Francis Bacon

#3. You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

Joe Torre

#4. At first glance, Martha Stewart, queen of artfully distressed home furnishings, might not seem to have much in common with Michael R. Milken, one-time king of junk bonds.

Alex Berenson

#5. I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles.

Michael Douglas

#6. Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

Michael Milken

#7. The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

E.B. White

#8. So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?

Michael Milken

#9. The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.

Michael Milken

#10. That education is the most important of all professions is a message the public should hear and understand. And, as importantly, a message that our educators need to hear as well.

Lowell Milken

#11. I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that.

Dalia Mogahed

#12. The power of recognition is one of the strongest forces for stimulating human and social action.

Lowell Milken

#13. Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

Mignon McLaughlin

#14. True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Francis Of Assisi

#15. I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness.

Michael Milken

#16. There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.

Michael Milken

#17. You look good. There's no better ass in a pair of jeans in the entire county and it's mine to tap.

Kristen Ashley

#18. The rest of the world is growing so quickly, they'll be looking for anything to buy.

Michael Milken

#19. In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.

Zooey Deschanel

#20. For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even one of those years would have been a precious gift.

Michael Milken

#21. The sculptor who deals with form seeks to imprison beauty in a marble statue that will withstand the ravages of time during millenniums; but a marble statue is cold and speaks to but a few of the most evolved who are able to infuse the statue with their own life.

Max Heindel

#22. The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.

Michael Milken

#23. My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

Michael Milken

#24. Education provides the fullest opportunities for fulfilling ourselves. It is the access to all that a person has yet to learn.

Lowell Milken

#25. Good teachers are to education what education is to all other professions - the indispensable element, the sunlight and oxygen, the foundation on which everything else is built.

Lowell Milken

#26. You are chicken for sure. Got a whole yellow trickle moving the wrong direction down these parts, and a trickle of black folks going the other way. Black and yellow, like a bumblebee.

Kathy Hepinstall

#27. The future belongs to the educated.

Lowell Milken

#28. The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding teacher.

Lowell Milken

#29. The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less than ... zero ... point ... zero ... zero ... zero ... four ... percent of our gross domestic product, or about one-seventh of what Americans spend on beauty products.

Michael Milken

#30. In financing growing companies, we always looked for human value that didn't appear on the balance sheet.

Michael Milken

#31. I don't want to do that," Aomame said. "What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus." "Destiny. A chance encounter." "More or less," Aomame said, taking a sip of wine. "That's when I'll open up

Haruki Murakami

#32. The need to assure that every child has the opportunity afforded by good teachers is urgent. As urgent as the need to be well nourished and for exactly the same reason. A child's growth depends on it.

Lowell Milken

#33. You've got to treat people as equals, and make them feel like it's their company. I don't know if I've had any impact or helped persuade Frank [to sell Eastern]. But, I can tell you, there were many discussions on the subject.

Michael Milken

#34. Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.

Brandon Sanderson