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" I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak. Animal-based food kills people. This way, by going vegan... we get healthy and save animals. I'm being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity. "

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" The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. "

Steve Wynn

Government

Money

Need

" I say don't overreact; cool your jets. Focus on things that you can control: your business, your employees' welfare, your guests, and the quality of the product that you dish up. Do that, keep your chin down, pay attention to business, and the sun will come up tomorrow. That's the way I figure it. "

" My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we do. I don't give a damn about the short-term market implications. "

" I went public in 2002 in America, and do you know what Wall Street valued my concession in Macau at? Zero. "

" Getting things straight in your head is a major achievement because there's so much clutter out there. You've got to push aside the static to really hear the music. "

" I am a self-made brat. "

Steve Wynn

Self-Made

Brat

" I have very little respect for the integrity of the trading on the exchange in most stocks. And I have particular disdain for the fact that the SEC has failed to deal with high-frequency traders who are doing nothing more than taking advantage of inside information, a buy or a sell order, because of technology advantages. "

" Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go. "

" Washington is unpredictable these days. "

" If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people. "

" Rich people only like being around rich people. "

Steve Wynn

People

Only

" Money is a way of expressing no compromise. "

" Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth. "

" I've changed my will to show my concern for animal rights. "

" I don't play computer games. What I do is yell at my secretary and say, 'Go on the Internet, and find this or that.' "

Steve Wynn

Find

Internet

" Anyone can make things that are beautiful; we need to make things that are remarkable. "

" Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels. "

" I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in. "

" Remember that the Communist Party is a meritocracy in China. "

" I can't stand the idea of being demagogued: that is, put down by a president who has never created any jobs and who doesn't even understand how the economy works. "

" You need to build a place that is a touristic destination that brings in people from outside the region. "

" I want people to be transported by the hotel. I'm thinking, What is it that would make people be delighted and amazed? "

" I'll trade glib for common sense any day. "

" My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do? "

" I think, generally, the folks from mainland China have more positive feelings about the government here in many cases than the average Americans feel about their government. "

" Keeping customers is about the experience, and the employees control the culture and temperature of the business. Never forget that. "

" I had a disc giving me a lot of trouble, and I had four surgeries. Then I had a staph infection, so they had to open me up five times in four months... It was in the bottom of my back, the same incision. They should have put a zipper on it. "

" Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical. "

" Nevada Energy doesn't lose money. The gaming industry loses money. It employs all the people. It pays all the taxes. And if you take the P&L, the profit and loss, of the hotels in Las Vegas and Reno, it is a number that is minus, not plus, minus. "

" You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress. "