Quotes from Ted Turner

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

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

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.

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.

Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.

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

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

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

I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.

I'm just a socialist at heart.

We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event . . . we'll play 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' before we sign off.

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

I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack.

Christianity is a religion for losers.

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

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

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