quotes and sayings
2 min readJun 16, 2022

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  1. I want to democratize business news.
  2. It’s a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time.
  3. I don’t know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don’t have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don’t have time for BS.
  4. I’m not wedded to covering the markets. I’m intrigued by the markets. If I can connect Main Street with Wall Street, then I’ve succeeded.
  5. I’m not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that’s fine.
  6. The tobacco companies knew quite early on the addictive nature of their product.
  7. We’re all going to die. While I’m still here, I want to make a difference.
  8. I’m the reason why I’m overweight. No one made me do it. I did it.
  9. My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn’t well.
  10. The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.
  11. Sexy ain’t guys like Churchill and Lincoln.
  12. There’s nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There’s everything wrong with making others have to have it… with you.
  13. It’s sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we’re shocked when we get good service.
  14. The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before — ever. It’s true. Just like it’s true that when the rich are convinced they’re going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don’t spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending.
  15. If Edwards gained 60 pounds and lost all his hair, he’d look like Dick Cheney!
  16. We’re teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person.
  17. It’s not as if I can just pop on my show and be rude if I’ve had a hard day.
  18. I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people.
  19. We forget the little things, so it’s no wonder some of us screw up the big things.
  20. I don’t think business news is just for old white men with money.

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