Sanford I. Weill Quotes

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

Details create the big picture.

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.

I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.

A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.

You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.

If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit.

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.

My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.

And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

I would say that my parents were supportive of me.

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.