Carl Icahn Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

11 Famous Quotes by Carl Icahn
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“Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.”
Bosses Quotes
“I have never called Dick Parsons a moron. I don't think Dick Parsons is a moron. Nothing could be farther from the truth.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations. However these transactions might not be achievable if Time Warner enters into long-term arrangements that preclude future flexibility such as an agreement regarding search functionality.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, ... The first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all. Unfortunately the board of directors and top management of Times Warner already committed the first sin by merging with AOL, and we believe they are currently in the process of committing the second; now is not a time to move slowly and suffer the paralysis of inaction.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“This conglomerate concept doesn't work, there is no synergy - just a bunch of people spending a large amount of money that should be spent on running different companies well.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I think you would now agree that this would have achieved a far superior result for stockholders,”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“We're not about liquidating companies. But if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Time Warner management has offered several reasons for not completely separating the cable business and buying back Time Warner shares aggressively, ... rejects management's arguments against separation and challenges management's capital return plan as a weak attempt to silence growing investor criticism.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“We continue to believe that Time Warner's stock is greatly undervalued and that the company is in need of a major restructuring,”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Doing this AOL deal is on the way, but not enough, to enhancing shareholder value at Time Warner, ... It proves my point that there is a great deal of unrealized value here. The best investment the company can make is in their own stock at this time.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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