In life and business, there ...

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all. Unfortunately the board of directors and top management of Times Warner already committed the first sin by merging with AOL, and we believe they are currently in the process of committing the second; now is not a time to move slowly and suffer the paralysis of inaction.
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 Carl Icahn

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We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.
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 Carl Icahn
We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
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 Carl Icahn
When friends and acquaintances are telling you [that] you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.
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 Carl Icahn
Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call (and I believe as Reuters reported it), that it is almost impossible to predict what a market will do in the short term. There are too many variables.
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 Carl Icahn
I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.
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 Carl Icahn