Ted Turner Quotes

A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.

Do something. Either lead, follow or get out of the way.

When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

Over-population is the 'cause of drive-by shootings' and other social ills, but the root of the problem is Christianity, which posits that people are more important than sea otters and elephants.

The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.

Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.

Jesus Christ would have been considered just another long-haired hippie freak if he hadn't been crucified. The folks weren't impressed with healing the sick, feeding the multitudes bread and fish or anything else, except maybe the walking on water. But when he got crucified, that gave him his big start.

Every action or inaction has an impact-good or bad-upon our surroundings, and anything we do today will have an impact on the lives of our grandchildren.

If people get all the sex they can handle, they're so happy and content they just sit around and smile. I mean, you never feel aggressive just after you've gotten laid, right? Lots of sex for everybody, that's a solution to the world's problems.

I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.

Once you decide to do something, and you're pretty sure you're right, then you gotta go ahead and do it. Because if you piddle around, somebody else will beat you to it.

To succeed you have to be innovative.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

The word impossible does not exist for me. I've got a lot of signal flags in my flag bag, but there is not a white one in there. I am going to keep fighting until the day I die - and might keep on fighting afterward ... depends on where I am.

Christians are losers.

There's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.

There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear.

Make a way, find a way or get out of the way.

I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.

It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.

I don't measure success in numbers, but I consider my contributions of more than $1.3 billion to various causes over the years to be one of my proudest accomplishments and the best investment I've ever made. Those dollars have improved lives, saved species, fought disease, educated children, inspired change, challenged ideas and opened minds; at the time of my death, virtually all of my wealth will have gone to charity.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.