Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Gerard Langone Sr., KSGis an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, best known for co-founding The Home Depot. He has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion according to Forbes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 September 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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Rich people in one country don't act the same as rich people in another country.
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I learned playing poker that you never count your winnings because that's when you start to lose.
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When a New York attorney general brings a lawsuit against a prominent business person, there are two things you can count on out of that office - lots of political bluster and little accountability.
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Contrary to what you might assume, I didn't start with any advantages and neither did most of the successful people I know. I am the grandson of immigrants who came to this country seeking basic economic and personal liberty.
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Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency.
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My first job was as a day laborer on the construction of the Long Island Expressway more than 50 years ago.
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My connection was we never want to put ourselves in a position as a nation where we pit group against group.
If we can get everybody working or as many as we can, you would be amazed at how many of our problems will disintegrate, go away.
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I'm nuts, I'm rich, and boy, do I love a fight!
I'm a stockholder. I own a lot of stocks.
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I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.
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I think I should pay more taxes... but everything they take from me should go to reduce the debt.
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I should not get Social Security. I think it's a travesty for a man of my success and of my means to get anything from the federal government.
I have, never, ever once, ever gotten anything from any politician I've ever helped. Not one thing.