Quotes by Ted Turner

About Ted Turner:

Robert Edward is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network more popularly known as CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.

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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...

Ted Turner

Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.

Ted Turner

I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses.

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If I had any humility I would be perfect.

Ted Turner

I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.

Ted Turner

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

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I wanted to better inform the world.

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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.

Ted Turner

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

Ted Turner

I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years.

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I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.

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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.

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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.

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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.

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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.

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I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.

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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.

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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.

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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.

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Author Bio

  • NameTed Turner
  • DescriptionAmerican media mogul, philanthropist, founder of TBS and CNN
  • BornNovember 19, 1938
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsPeabody Award; Humanist Of The Year; International Emmy Directorate Award; Delta Prize For Global Understanding