Tim Blixseth Quotes

102 Tim Blixseth Quotes

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This boat really has the wow factor. I mean, wow. It’s like an Austin Powers boat.
Tim Blixseth

[In February 2008 on the Yellowstone Club] There are some times where I think, ‘No, geez, I can’t sell. But then part of me says I just want to come back here like I never saw it before and ski it every day and just be chairman emeritus.
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[On his parents social life revolving around the church] That was their social life. That was their country club. It was all fire and brimstone: If you don’t do this, you’re going to go to hell.
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Everybody with success in Roseburg was in timberland. The closest I ever got to it was getting slivers [splinters] out of my hands in the mill.
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[To Greg LeMond] In the early days of the Yellowstone Club, when it was an unproven dream with a few believers, you were one of them.
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I love bears. I love wolves too.
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[On claims of an involuntary-bankruptcy petition] It’s bogus.
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[On the most valuable lesson he had learned about having money.] The freedom to never worry about money again.
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Like all of us, I was moved when the Katrina event happened and the hurricane so I think every one of us seemed to reach out and say, how can I help?
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[On the ‘Heart of America’ – Katrina effort] We started wringing people's arms and said, hey, whether it's a dollar, whether it's $5 million, you need to make a difference.
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[On how he made it from going from welfare to a billionaire] One fingernail at a time. Lots of failures, lots of successes, but mostly successes.
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[On the proceeds from the ‘Heart of America’] One hundred percent of the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.
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[On the artists not making anything from the song ‘Heart of America’] No one makes anything.
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[In 2005 on what accomplishment he is the most proud of] I'd rather have been introduced as a songwriter than anything else in the world.
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My father’s American dream never came to fruition, I don’t think, but mine sure has. I’m thankful I was born in America
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[In 2011 on his former wife Edra becoming the sole owner of Yellowstone Club] It was like fighting over a baby. Instead of cutting it in two, I wanted to let the baby live. Yellowstone Club was my baby.
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Unfortunately, injustice can sometimes be bought. Fortunately, justice cannot.
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[In 2011 on remarrying] I’m having a better time today than ever in my life. Everyday I wake up I have a smile on my face.
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[In 2011 on his involvement with Yellowstone Club] I just hope that while I was there and running that club very successfully, I made just a little difference in a lot of lives - from the bricklayer to the person working in McDonald’s.
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You couldn’t make this up.
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I listen. That’s why God gave us one mouth and two ears.
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