Kerkorian Kirk Quotes & Sayings

I'm far from being reclusive. I have 30- or 40-year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an occasional party, but just because I don't go to a lot of events, and I'm not out in public all the time doesn't mean I'm anti-social or a recluse. — Kirk Kerkorian

I exercise a lot. I try to stay healthy. — Kirk Kerkorian

Remember not to forget the dying colors of yesterday
As you inhale tomorrow's hot dream, blown from frozen lips.
Remember, you naked agent of every nothing. — Bob Kaufman

The more natural the charcoal, the better your food will taste. Rather than briquettes, use lump charcoal, which is is all-natural. Lump charcoal will cause your grill to get much hotter than briquettes. Also, briquettes have chemical filler which holds saw dust together and can change the taste of the food. — Johnny Trigg

I'm a gambler at heart. That's my life. — Kirk Kerkorian

You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts. — Kirk Kerkorian

I'm a very passive investor. — Kirk Kerkorian

You get a checklist, and then you just sort of ride herd on it. It's just a few items on a single sheet of paper. — Kirk Kerkorian

I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it. — Kirk Kerkorian

If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men. — Kirk Kerkorian

I have some eye problems from when I was a pilot. — Kirk Kerkorian

When you're a self-made man, you start very early in life. In my case it was at 9 years old when I started bringing income into the family. You get a drive that's a little different, maybe a little stronger, than somebody who inherited. — Kirk Kerkorian

On this simple unit-system [of building blocks] ruled on the low table-top all these forms were combined by the child into imaginative patter. Design was recreation! ... The virtue of all this lay in the awakening of the childmind to rhythmic structure in Nature - giving the child a sense of innate cause-and-effect otherwise far beyond child-comprehension. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world. — Kirk Kerkorian

Life is a big craps game. I've got to tell you, it's all been fun. — Kirk Kerkorian

Took over my city and I never asked permission to. — Drake

I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and
evil in the universe. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain. — John C. Maxwell

I don't try to get all the meat off the bone. When I get a good figure, I just move something. Too many people try to hit the peak price, and they hold on until it is too late. — Kirk Kerkorian

I do stay busy. I like new challenges. — Kirk Kerkorian

I've always been a quiet guy. — Kirk Kerkorian