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I was cable when cable wasn't cool.

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.

Make a way, find a way or get out of the way.

The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.

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

I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.

I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

Sports is like a war without the killing.

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.

Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler.

I see what keeps people young: work!

What the Bible says is really true-it's better to give than to receive.

War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.

Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.

Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair.

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

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

Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself.

CNN anchor Gwen Scott claimed it is common knowledge that Turner sits in his office and smokes marijuana.

Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.

I'm sure God, wherever he is, wants to see us get along with one another and love one another.

Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.

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

At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.

I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.

When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.

Many times through the ages, like as not the chance appears, but because of indecision, man's fond hopes are drowned in tears.

If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.

There is no greater legacy that we can leave our children and grandchildren than a peaceful and safer world.

The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

Where's the upside in opening your mouth?

Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

I'm just a socialist at heart.

I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.

I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.

If you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.

I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.

The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.

There are too many people, that's why we have global warming. We have global warming because too many people are using too much stuff.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear.

Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.

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

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

Christianity is a religion for losers.

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.

A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.

If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.

To succeed you have to be innovative.

It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.

The more good I do, the more money has come in. You have to learn to give. You're not born to give. You're born selfish.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

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

I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.

I've always tried to do the smartest and best thing.

If I sold all my liabilities, I wouldn't own anything. My wife's a liability, my kids are liabilities, and I haven't sold them.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.

Christians are losers.

I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship, that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did.

I like something with 'vice' in it.

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

Never set goals you can reach in your lifetime.

There's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

I travel a lot. I'm on the move.

I wanted to better inform the world.

Nuclear war would really set back cable.

Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.

I fantasize about everything; being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.

Do something. Either lead, follow or get out of the way.

The mind is just another muscle.

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

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through ...

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

I didn't get here for my acting ... but I love show business.

If I had any humility I would be perfect.

I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.

The happiest people are those who are contributing to society.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.

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