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
Ted Turner quotes about
mean thinking wings
I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
believe thinking iran
I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack.
confidence thinking class
If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
men thinking names
I'm a millionaire, I guess, but I'm just a normal person and I like everybody, taxi drivers, whoever you are, to call me by my first name and talk to me on a man-to-man basis. I think the garbage collector is as important as the goddamned president.
father thinking environmental
I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
country believe thinking
I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.
thinking years looks
I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through...
phase sacred trust
I had a sacred trust there and I let it go. I thought there was no way they could phase me out, and I was wrong.
bank cards credit fraudulent ted unaware
We are unaware of any fraudulent use of Ted Turner's credit cards or bank statements.
coast earn hold profitable reputation time
And you can coast on that reputation for a long time but if you're going to hold that position, which I think would be the most profitable position, too, you have to earn it.
american-businessman quitters winner
You can never quit. Winner never quit, and quitters never win.
businesses compete earnings imitating less lose obsessed people small
When you lose small businesses, you lose big ideas. People who own their own businesses are their own bosses. They are independent thinkers. They know they can't compete by imitating the big guys; they have to innovate. So they are less obsessed with earnings than they are with ideas.
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Every day we are confronted with more news and information than we can handle, ... CNN Custom News will ensure that Internet users are not overwhelmed by this information.
deal line
I don't know what the deal is ... I told my caddie, 'Tomorrow, you line me up,'