A biography for Ted Turnerhasn’t been written yet.
“It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.”
“You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.”
“The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.”
“When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.”
“The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.”
“I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.”
“I travel a lot. I'm on the move.”
“Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.”
“I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.”
“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've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.”
“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 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.”
“Sports is like a war without the killing.”
“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 think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.”
“I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.”
“There's nothing wrong with being fired.”
“When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.”
“Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.”