Ted Turner quotes - page 3

I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news. (Ted Turner)
I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies. View quote
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast. View quote
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on. View quote
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Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society. View quote
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do. View quote
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network. View quote
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up. View quote
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better. View quote
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I love this planet I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world. View quote
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Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler. (Ted Turner)
I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it. View quote
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels. View quote
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When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit. View quote
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I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years. View quote
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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. View quote
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. View quote
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Women I love women. Life would have been virtually zero without them. Journalism I really feel like I am a journalist... And courage I had a boat named Courageous. View quote
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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back. View quote
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I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack. View quote
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move. (Ted Turner)
If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York. View quote
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The Iranians don't intimidate! They're like the Vietnamese and the Iraqis. You want to start a war with them? They'll still be fighting in fifty years! View quote
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I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better. View quote
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In 20 short years, by all the surveys, we became the world's most respected news source. The New York Times had been there for 100 years. We did it in 20. View quote
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