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

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States..

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

I believe in giving back very strongly..

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it….

What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it ….

I think we are a product of all our experiences..

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped….

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that….

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limi….

From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something grea….

I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and ma….

I would say that my parents were supportive of me..

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. An….

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

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 cha….

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid..

Details create the big picture..

I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This als….

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 prospe….

Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educat….