244 Quotes by Ted Turner

My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.

I was gonna go broke if I didn’t get things turned around real fast.

When I started ‘CNN,’ I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn’t going to come from me.

Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn’t look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself.

Once you decide to do something, and you’re pretty sure you’re right, then you gotta go ahead and do it. Because if you piddle around, somebody else will beat you to it.

I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I’m a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.

If you panic that’s a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I’ve probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I’ve got more experience. But I haven’t really changed. I’m still driven by the same philosophy.

I regret that I wasn’t more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.