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Ted Turner

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Not every great thinker makes it into the history books, but Ted Turner's words speak for themselves. With equal ease, Ted Turner moved between War and Sports, finding connections others missed. Discover 12 of Ted Turner's most memorable quotes, ranging across War, Sports, Business, Politics, and Movies. One quote that captures their voice: "My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job."

“I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.”

— Ted Turner

Movies

All Quotes by Ted Turner

“Sports is like a war without the killing.”

— Ted Turner

Sports

“My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.”

— Ted Turner

Business

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

— Ted Turner

Motivational

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

— Ted Turner

Money

“When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.”

— Ted Turner

Politics

“War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.”

— Ted Turner

War

“Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.”

— Ted Turner

Business

“I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.”

— Ted Turner

Attitude

“I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.”

— Ted Turner

Movies

“I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.”

— Ted Turner

Environmental