Eli Broad Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.”
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“Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.”
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“Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.”
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“To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.”
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“While I am proud of a number of accomplishments, there are real costs to being unreasonable. Long hours. Too little time with family. A near incapacity for, as they say, stopping and smelling the roses.”
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“There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.”
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“The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.”
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“The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.”
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“School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.”
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“People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.”
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“You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.”
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“The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.”
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“There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.”
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“Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.”
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“Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.”
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“Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.”
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“I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.”
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“In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.”
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“If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.”
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“How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.”
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“I'd rather be respected than loved.”
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“If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.”
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“For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.”
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“No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable.”
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“I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.”
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“Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.”
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“I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.”
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“People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.”
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“I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.”
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