Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner IIIis an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1938
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
nwo people wiping-out
A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.
writing names long
It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.
stupid long caught
It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.
mean economy bigger
Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.
adversity care
I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
jobs if-there-is-a-god earth
If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.
world-and-life want philanthropy
The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
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I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.
world one-more-day our-time
When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
children peaceful world
There is no greater legacy that we can leave our children and grandchildren than a peaceful and safer world.
eight years people
We'll be eight degrees hotter in ten -- not ten, but thirty or forty years, and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
media people healthy
The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy.
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
motivational life-lesson people
All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.