131 Quotes by Eli Broad

If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

Philanthropy is activism.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.