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" All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it. "

" At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent. "

" Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite. "

" Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society. "

" Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. "

" I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first. "

" I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top. "

" I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business. "

" I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out. "

" I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news. "

" If I had any humility I would be perfect. "

" If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. "

" If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. "

" 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. "

" If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth. "

Nuclear Weapons

" If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster. "

" If you had the most prestige and you were the network that everybody turned to in times of a crisis, that that was the most important position, in the news business, to hold. "

" 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 have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions. "

" I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years. "

" I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'. "

" 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. "

" I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses. "

" 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. "

" I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up. "

" 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. "

" I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it. "

" I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity. "

" 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. "

" I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on. "

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