Kirk Kerkorian Quotes

100 Kirk Kerkorian Quotes

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[On someone saying it would be very hard for me to work at a place in Las Vegas without the union] I don’t get involved in any of those things. I leave it all up to the management.
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[On asking a security guard who didn’t recognize him on looking at the MGM Grand Garden during construction] Couldn’t we just take a peek?
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[On the MGM Grand Hotel and Theme Park opening on December 18, 1993] I think it’s a completely new convention across the board for families.
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Steve isn’t interested. I’m just going to sell my stock.
Kirk Kerkorian

[On the MGM lion logo] Are you familiar with this lion’s roar?
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It would be a fantastic move for your career. We’re all excited about Rain Man, but you could take the history of MGM and grow it into something even bigger than anything you’ve ever done.
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[On his father – he was] A big, rough man who didn’t take anything from anybody.
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[On limiting risk] Keeping the back door open.
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I like to gamble. But I stop gambling when there's no chance to win."
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[On building and taking Trans International Airlines public and having the stock rise from a low of $9.75 to a high of $32] It brought the stock up to begin with, and then our earnings were great, too, and it kept going up until we sold to TransAmerica.
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I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it
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[On what keeps him rich] You get a checklist and then you just sort of ride hard on it
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I just lucked into things. I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world.
Kirk Kerkorian

[In mid 1990 when he told his banker that he wanted to buy 22 million shares of Chrysler and the banker offered to prepare a report of the firm] I’d rather you wouldn’t. [In two years Chrysler’s value tripled.]
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I’m a gambler at heart. That's my life.
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I’d like to think, that we can be like the hungry alligator.
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I don’t want to tell anybody wrong things.
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I'm far from being reclusive…
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When you're a self-made man you start very early in life.
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I’ve always worked hard.
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