Quotes from Steve Wynn

Rich people only like being around rich people.

I've become an animal rights activist.

We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me.

Guys like me are job creators, and we don't like having a bulls-eye painted on our back.

What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you.

Keep a strong balance sheet, don't get over-leveraged, and try to protect the security of your employees.

This is what you need to do in a luxury business: look for people who will like being there every day.

My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do?

People that create jobs create tax payers, which benefits society as a whole.

I am a self-made brat.

Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go.

'Le Reve' may be one of the three best pictures Pablo Picasso ever painted.

We recruit our people for personality. We look for the people person, with innate warmth, sweetness, and intelligence. These are the people who are sending your message out to the customers and potential customers, so we recruit for personality first and foremost.

Donald calls me and asks me what I think. Very often I will answer him, but Donald Trump is his own adviser. He is his own campaign manager.

I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

Our government is printing money, and it's degrading the living standard of every person in America. It's the cause of frustration, anger, and confusion.

Washington is unpredictable these days.

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual.

In the last 680 million years of the four and a half billion that this planet has existed, life has been determined by two principal forces: the warmth and the diffused energy of the sunlight coming through our atmosphere, and water. Those are the primordial forces of life - sunlight and water.

Remember that the Communist Party is a meritocracy in China.

I've changed my will to show my concern for animal rights.

Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up.

I'm a job creator.