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" eSpeed took the worst that the world could dish out, and it still stood and performed. "

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" It's hard for bad things to happen when you have no debt. "

" Data drives success. That is how we began our success with eSpeed. It was always based on the data. "

" With management and employees on the same side of the table, your interests are aligned, and shareholders look at you as one. "

" You have to give people more than one chance. We hire people in job A, and if it doesn't work out, we try them on job B. We'll generally give them three different tries. You have to be more committed to training, but you know they have the right stuff because someone you think highly of has recommended them. "

" The idea that big buyside firms are going to come in and trade mano-a-mano with high-frequency trading firms shows a lack of knowledge of the business. "

" The Cantor reputation is one we get from clients and those we hire. "

" If people say I paid someone more because I liked them, okay. I don't think that's a bad thing. "

" People don't value strongly enough how much time they spend in the office. Imagine you could work with people you love - wouldn't work be great and staff turnover be lower? And your productivity higher? "

" I believe in what I call 'the surfer's theory.' You see a really, really big wave. You keep surfing, keep going forward. You just don't look back. "

" The combination of Cantor and eSpeed will earn more money and be more profitable than we ever were before September 11. "

" It's the details that make people distinct, that make them individuals. "

" The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts. "

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" The best way to show someone you love them is to care for the people they love. "

" For us to be successful, we have to kick our competitors' butt. "

" The World Trade Center was the target for the world, and they hit the target. "

" Without parents, you sort of lose the gravity that keeps your feet on the earth. "

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" Haverford was there for me and taught me what it meant to be a human being. "

" I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard. "

" My goal after 9/11 was to take care of the families of the people we lost, and that was the most important thing. "

" Athletics weren't really in the cards in my family - books, not body. "

" In 1997, clients balked at self-ordering. They thought it was beneath them. But in 1998, a sea change in perception came, thanks to the rise of the Net and online trading. The concept of doing it yourself was not crazy. "

" Anything commodity-like will be sold online. The world is going to trade commodities like it trades stocks. "

" After Hurricane Sandy, we adopted 19 elementary schools in tough neighborhoods. We took each kid in those schools and gave the family a prepaid Visa card. "

" The only reason to have money is to share it with your friends and have fun. "

" New York is a spectacular place, and those who are jealous of the way we live our lives are always going to, you know, to strike out, and, you know, we're always going to be a target, sadly. London is going to be a target. You know, anywhere in the West, you're a target. "