244 Quotes by Ted Turner

When I got my statement in January, I was worth $2.2 billion. Then I got another statement in August that said I was worth $3.2 billion. So I figure it's only nine months' earnings, who cares?

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 think you're a second-class citizen, you are.

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

Do something. Either lead, follow or get out of the way.

Newspapers are technologically obsolete. In the days of instant electronic communications, its crazy to have to print these newspapers at a central plant and deliver them by truck. They're the biggest problem with our solid-waste disposal. And the news you get is a day old. You can get it off the Internet instantaneously for a fraction of the cost.

Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.

The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.