Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner IIIis an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1938
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
cancer guy trying
Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!
years stores five
I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years.
happiness tombstone ems
I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
winning losing
The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
missing hearing tough
I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.
years cnn news
I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.
fighting use want
The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
moving cost burning-fossil-fuels
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
world wanted
I wanted to better inform the world.
people enemy dignity
If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.
survival trying fields
I see the whole field of environmentalis m and population as nothing more than the survival of the human species. I have wanted to have some bumper sticker made up saying 'Save the Humans'. At the bottom of it all, we are trying to save ourselves.
smart dumb rich
I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.
beats you-re-pretty ifs
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.
heart politics socialist
I'm just a socialist at heart.