27 Quotes by Sam Zell

Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get filled. And if employment goes up, our office buildings get filled. The reality is that increased economic activity combined with increased interest rates is basically bullish for real estate.

The question is not do you take money out of stocks and put it into real estate, or the reverse. There's so much money out there looking for a home. I don't think it's either/or.

I’ve always been called a professional opportunist, and in the future I’m open to anything. We’ve spent a lot of time offshore, looking at opportunities in real estate outside the United States.

Just by being private, the culture will change. We won’t be forced to make decisions that are 90 days in relevance.

The single biggest issue that I’m very sensitive to is inflation. I’m very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates were quite low and stimulated a lot of activity could breed inflation and create a problem for us.

When all is said and done, what must be remembered is a newspaper is a business. It used to be a fabulous business that made extraordinary margins. It’s now a very good business with appropriate margins.

When you got a demand issue it’s hard to imagine the stock market at an all-time high.

Where there is scarcity, price is no object. This basic tenet of supply and demand would later become a governing principle of my investment philosophy.

If you’re not aware that you’re not supposed to be able do something, the barriers to doing it are dramatically lessened.