If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out. Ted Turner More Quotes by Ted Turner More Quotes From Ted Turner We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event . . . we'll play 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' before we sign off. Ted Turner eventsplayworld The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored. Ted Turner boredomworstsin I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first. Ted Turner believecountrythinking I just love it when people say I can't do it, there's nothing that makes me feel better because all my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it. Ted Turner feel-betterinspirationalpeople I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it. Ted Turner wingsmeanthinking Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler. Ted Turner butlerslittlesmen I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. Ted Turner environmentalfatherthinking Looking back, if I had to live my life over, there are things I would do differently, but the one thing I would not change is my charitable giving. I'm particularly thankful for my father's advice to set goals so high that they can't possibly be achieved during a lifetime and to give help where help is needed most. That inspiration keeps me energized and eager to keep working hard every day on giving back and making the world a better place for generations to come. Ted Turner inspirationgivingfather Once again, victims of disaster have turned to the UN and the international community in their time of need, .. The world needs the UN's leadership in these times, and the UN needs the world's support. We are communicating with the UN and its agencies to learn where UN Foundation funds may be of greatest assistance to the UN's relief efforts. Ted Turner agencysupportcommunication We'll be eight degrees hotter in ten -- not ten, but thirty or forty years, and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Ted Turner eightpeopleyears I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on. Ted Turner milkmeanmoving The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy. Ted Turner healthymediapeople We're too many people; that's why we have global warming...on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it. Ted Turner energychildrenpeople I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit. Ted Turner limitlessbullshit There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear. Ted Turner companyfiveconspiracy I believe in a reasonable amount of "right to bear arms". But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to own nuclear weapons. I always wanted a nuclear weapon, if I could have gotten one. I'm every other kind of power, but I'm not a nuclear power. Ted Turner smartcleverfunny I'm just a socialist at heart. Ted Turner socialistpoliticsheart 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. Ted Turner dollarsenergymoving If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. Ted Turner humilityhumbleperfect Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society. Ted Turner our-societytelevisionnegative
