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Top 25 Carl Icahn Quotes (2025 Update)

Carl Icahn Quote: “Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.”

1. “Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.”

2. “In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “I enjoy the hunt much more than the ‘good life’ after the victory.”

3. “I enjoy the hunt much more than the ‘good life’ after the victory.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “I’m no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.”

4. “I’m no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they’re usually wrong.”

5. “When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they’re usually wrong.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Don’t confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.”

6. “Don’t confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “When friends and acquaintances are telling you that you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.”

7. “When friends and acquaintances are telling you that you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Too often it’s not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it’s the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don’t like tough, abrasive guys.”

8. “Too often it’s not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it’s the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don’t like tough, abrasive guys.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.”

9. “A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn’t so messed up, guys like me wouldn’t make this kind of money.”

10. “CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn’t so messed up, guys like me wouldn’t make this kind of money.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Everything I have is for sale, except for my kids and possibly my wife.”

11. “Everything I have is for sale, except for my kids and possibly my wife.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Don’t go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.”

12. “Don’t go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “I like winning. There’s also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.”

13. “I like winning. There’s also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.”

14. “Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.”

15. “I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands.”

16. “We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.”

17. “Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “My wife watches me like a hawk.”

18. “My wife watches me like a hawk.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “And I’m convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: “Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?” they will listen. It’s their livelihood.”

19. “And I’m convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: “Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?” they will listen. It’s their livelihood.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.”

20. “We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner’s value in future combinations.”

21. “I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner’s value in future combinations.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.”

22. “A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Yellen’s comments suggest, and I agree, that we are in an asset bubble.”

23. “Yellen’s comments suggest, and I agree, that we are in an asset bubble.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.”

24. “Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “We’re not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We’re not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.”

25. “We’re not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We’re not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.”

Carl Icahn Quote: “But for people that make a lot of money, at least in business, or in any area, I think, the common denominator is an obsession, that they really are obsessed.”

26. “But for people that make a lot of money, at least in business, or in any area, I think, the common denominator is an obsession, that they really are obsessed.”

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