Carl Icahn Quotes

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?

We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable.

The success of Wipro has made me a wealthy person.

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

There's money to be made, and I want mine.

If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.

I'm not averse to earning someone; in fact I'd love to earn some money. But also my choices of movies don't tend to make money but I get to make interesting films. But it doesn't mean I don't want to earn shitloads of cash.

The attraction of power we take for granted in politics.. But in economics...the thrust...is for pecuniary return, for money. And I have always felt that denies in the economic world a very large part of the motivation.

Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.

It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money.

What's money interested in? More money.

I just want to get the most money I can.

I am sure I lost out on a few million or more in money but I am happy with the team that I am on and the quarterback that I am with.

I'd love to make more money in America, that's the heart of it. I make much more money in Europe. It's a shame. I'm trying now to make a profit on this next tour, and I'll be much happier.

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.

It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.

Nothing is more common than energy in money-making, quite independent of any higher object than its accumulation. A man who devotes himself to this pursuit, body and soul, can scarcely fail to become rich. Very little brains will do; spend less than you earn; add guinea to guinea; scrape and save; and the pile of gold will gradually rise.

Money! They go together. Franchise; money. Money; franchise.

We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see.

Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.

I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer industry and thinking, Wow, that's amazing. But I never thought I'd be on that list. It's clear I was wrong. I'm on the list, at least temporarily.

the art of becoming 'rich', in the common sense, is not absolutely nor finally the art of accumulating much money for ourselves, but also of contriving that our neighbour shall have less. In accurate terms, it is 'the art of establishing the maximum inequality in your own favour'.

If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand, They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.