Jay Samit Quotes

I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

Buying a company that is number one in its business is hard to do. When something is for sale, it's often not a leader.

I don't think LVMH will want to significantly change the strategy of Loro Piana, and I don't think that they would have bought it otherwise.

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

The buyer is entitled to a bargain. The seller is entitled to a profit. So there is a fine margin in between where the price is right. I have found this to be true to this day whether dealing in paper hats, winter underwear or hotels.

When you come to 'Shark Tank,' the only person you should listen to is me, because you know you're getting the truth. I'll decide if it's worth it, and after I'm finished, the rest of the people can look into it.

If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is.

We need a reasonable price where producers will not start nagging. At a reasonable price, we can invest to produce more oil.

A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.

If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.

There could be no better time to fully integrate Infinity with Viacom's tremendous portfolio of assets. Infinity is performing at record levels and continues to generate a tremendous amount of free cash flow that will now fully benefit Viacom.

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.

Except from 2002 to 2010, we never went three years without buying a bank.

But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.

I told you to sell it, not give it away.

We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom.

Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.

People have left their jobs for the more profitable one of selling apples.

Everything is for sale if the price is right.

To many of you, Sprint may seem like a burden for SoftBank. But in my view, Sprint is going to be one of SoftBank's primary cash cows.

When people heard id Software's being acquired, everybody just assumed it would be Activision or EA. Why would we even consider going with a publisher that wasn't of that same size?

'Shark Tank' is fun, but it's all business. We use our own money, and the competition between the sharks is fierce. More importantly, it's an opportunity to invest in businesses that are being watched and considered by millions of people every time it's shown.