Michael Eisner quotes

I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea. (Michael Eisner)
Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric. View quote
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It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. View quote
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Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience. View quote
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In every business, in every industry, management does matter. View quote
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When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful. View quote
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If it's not growing, it's going to die. View quote
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Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background noise. View quote
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My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth. View quote
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21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none. View quote
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Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic. (Michael Eisner)
Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett. View quote
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You just have to make sure the model you're working on does not undersell your product. View quote
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Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years. View quote
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We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new. View quote
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I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty. View quote
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There's no good idea that cannot be improved on. View quote
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Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk. View quote
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I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball. View quote
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I don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate. View quote
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My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me. (Michael Eisner)
The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means. View quote
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There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground. View quote
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