131 Quotes by Eli Broad

How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.

I'm naturally curious, and I read four newspapers a day.

Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not.

By joining our companies together, we will dominate the two fastest growing segments of the financial services industry, retirement savings and international markets, ... This marriage is a great cultural fit, with complementary businesses and a distribution network that is second to none.

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are either gone or going, and they're not coming back.

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

If he can get it at the right price, he'll do it. I'm not aware of any other motivation for getting into the newspaper business.