Quotes from Nelson Peltz

I believe in pay for performance.

You must make some decisions Wall Street dislikes.

Before, Tiffany sold watches only in its own stores. Now, Tiffany watches are sold in 1,500 stores.

It appears that PepsiCo views structural change as a sign of weakness, an admission of failure, and an untenable break with past traditions.

I'm willing to have two directors on the DuPont board, me being one of them.

The name 'Mondelez' I hate. It sounds like a disease.

I don't mind anybody coming after me as long as they're coming with facts.

Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.

You know what term you don't hear anymore? Arbitrage. The markets have gotten too efficient.

I try to figure out the marketing puzzle.

Rupert Murdoch is a good friend of mine.

My kids are exhausted every day, and I keep them that way. It's gym, ice, homework. They're too tired to get in trouble.

Sometimes it takes longer to create value, but if the companies generate more earnings, the stocks will ultimately reflect that.

I understood the power of Heinz since I was a kid, and I started to work for my father selling food to restaurants.

I spent most of my career operating businesses and fixing businesses, not staring at a Bloomberg screen.

The activists play the balance sheet by selling a division to buy back stock and leveraging the balance sheet and buying back more stock.

If I'm on the board of any company where there's an offer that comes in, I want to negotiate.