Quotes from Sanford I. Weill

If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit.

What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.

My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.

From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.

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.

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.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

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

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.