Carl Icahn Quotes

A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real asset.

Most people put money in their piggy bank. I buy a goose that lays golden eggs over and over again. That's what an asset is.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

It's not how much something's worth today, it's what it's worth in five or 10 years.

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it.

People tend to cherish and take care of the things they pay for and therefore own, countries included. The opposite is also true. When was the last time you changed the oil in a rental car?

The opportunity to create wealth in foreign banks exists only in the investment banking space. Working in a local company teaches you to think long term.

If you are in the world of business, that means you are in the business of making money.

I'm not a seller. I'm a holder.

I'm not looking for hobbies, I'm looking for investments.

We didn't create an institution to increase land value or asset value.

Liverpool will be the most profitable investment I've ever made.

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

The #1 business opportunity for those who want to create new wealth is educating consumers about products and services that will improve their lives.

Capital brings forth living offspring, or at the least, lays the golden eggs.

You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner-and you do it by becoming an investor.

An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with the objective of acquiring still more capital. But, before a certain moment in historical time, it had never been easy for such individuals to do this successfully.

I'm really putting my life towards helping women to invest, and there's a circular reference here because if women can invest and give themselves the opportunity to earn higher returns, they can start those businesses. They can go to work with a little more confidence to ask for that promotion, to ask for the new assignment, etc.

Lets not focus on saving a nickel... lets focus on making a buck.

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.

The only real security is in having lots of opportunity. But risk is the price to pay for opportunity. And risk is scary.

When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .

If you've loved something and then in some ways you become a part of it, you just don't want to be the one that screws it up!

I don’t want to be a person with full hands, resting from dreams, but a person full of dreams unable to rest his hands.