Quotes from Sumner Redstone

The reason we have not gone to newspapers is because its a slow growth industry and I think they are dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years. I read newspapers every day. I even read Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.

Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition.

The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.

We need to listen to consumers' needs.

We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom.

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

In order to succeed, you have to live dangerously.. as long as the danger is rationally accepted and as long as the rewards far outweigh the risk.

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.

The information superhighway is a dirt road that won't be paved over until 2025.

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.

It was always tough, but today we are in the throes of something we have never seen in our history. It's clear in recent times the market is looking for a bottom.

We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment.

Viacom's results for the first quarter put the company on a fast track for another record year in 2004.

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage.

The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around.

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage

The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in.

Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.