Sanford Weill ,quotes

I read a lot, but I read about...

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

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My mother really didn't know a...

My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.

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I was sort of a sissy as a lit...

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.

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I'm not as involved in every l...

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

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One of the people that I respe...

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.

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And when we used to play and f...

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.

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I believe in treating other pe...

I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

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I think life is sort of like a...

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.

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I remember the mentoring exper...

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.

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I think Latin has some logic t...

I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.

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I've had a terrific life, from...

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

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I believe in giving back very ...

I believe in giving back very strongly.

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And learn that when you do mak...

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

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And it was where I learned how...

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

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And I thought I'd always like ...

And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

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Ive been involved with Carnegi...

Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.

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A lot of people at Shearson en...

A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.

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Details create the big picture...

Details create the big picture.

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I think the American Dream say...

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.

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I wonder how many people would...

I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.

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