Sanford I. Weill Quotes
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From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
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My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.
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Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.
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Details create the big picture.
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You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of your control. But you can control expenses.
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I think we are a product of all our experiences.
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I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.
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I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
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You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.
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I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.
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I would say that my parents were supportive of me.
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And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.
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If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.
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What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.
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So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.
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I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.
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I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
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I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.
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And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
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I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.
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I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.
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The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.
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A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.
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I believe in giving back very strongly.