Top 15 Sam Zell Quotes (2024 Update)

Sam Zell Quote: “The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.”

1. “The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.”

Sam Zell Quote: “If you’re not aware that you’re not supposed to be able do something, the barriers to doing it are dramatically lessened.”

2. “If you’re not aware that you’re not supposed to be able do something, the barriers to doing it are dramatically lessened.”

Sam Zell Quote: “In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing.”

3. “In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing.”

Sam Zell Quote: “I’ve always been called a professional opportunist, and in the future I’m open to anything. We’ve spent a lot of time offshore, looking at opportunities in real estate outside the United States.”

4. “I’ve always been called a professional opportunist, and in the future I’m open to anything. We’ve spent a lot of time offshore, looking at opportunities in real estate outside the United States.”

Sam Zell Quote: “If you could find a major city that actually had a functioning, good public school system, you should buy all the real estate.”

5. “If you could find a major city that actually had a functioning, good public school system, you should buy all the real estate.”

Sam Zell Quote: “While I was unaware of it at the time, my real compensation for that job wasn’t monetary. It was learning about and getting comfortable with rejection. And as I would later realize, indifference to rejection is a fundamental part of being an entrepreneur.”

6. “While I was unaware of it at the time, my real compensation for that job wasn’t monetary. It was learning about and getting comfortable with rejection. And as I would later realize, indifference to rejection is a fundamental part of being an entrepreneur.”

Sam Zell Quote: “Just by being private, the culture will change. We won’t be forced to make decisions that are 90 days in relevance.”

7. “Just by being private, the culture will change. We won’t be forced to make decisions that are 90 days in relevance.”

Sam Zell Quote: “I can’t imagine anything being more disastrous to our country than if the dollar lost its reserve-currency status.”

8. “I can’t imagine anything being more disastrous to our country than if the dollar lost its reserve-currency status.”

Sam Zell Quote: “When all is said and done, what must be remembered is a newspaper is a business. It used to be a fabulous business that made extraordinary margins. It’s now a very good business with appropriate margins.”

9. “When all is said and done, what must be remembered is a newspaper is a business. It used to be a fabulous business that made extraordinary margins. It’s now a very good business with appropriate margins.”

Sam Zell Quote: “The single biggest issue that I’m very sensitive to is inflation. I’m very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates were quite low and stimulated a lot of activity could breed inflation and create a problem for us.”

10. “The single biggest issue that I’m very sensitive to is inflation. I’m very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates were quite low and stimulated a lot of activity could breed inflation and create a problem for us.”

Sam Zell Quote: “Where there is scarcity, price is no object. This basic tenet of supply and demand would later become a governing principle of my investment philosophy.”

11. “Where there is scarcity, price is no object. This basic tenet of supply and demand would later become a governing principle of my investment philosophy.”

Sam Zell Quote: “When you got a demand issue it’s hard to imagine the stock market at an all-time high.”

12. “When you got a demand issue it’s hard to imagine the stock market at an all-time high.”

Sam Zell Quote: “I have always believed that every day you choose to hold an asset, you are also choosing to buy it. Would I buy our buildings at the price Blackstone was quoting? Nope.”

13. “I have always believed that every day you choose to hold an asset, you are also choosing to buy it. Would I buy our buildings at the price Blackstone was quoting? Nope.”

Sam Zell Quote: “There’s a line from an old movie, Wheeler Dealers: “You don’t go wheeling and dealing for the money, you do it for fun. Money’s just a way of keeping score.” And that’s how I see it. I’ve always been much more drawn to the experience.”

14. “There’s a line from an old movie, Wheeler Dealers: “You don’t go wheeling and dealing for the money, you do it for fun. Money’s just a way of keeping score.” And that’s how I see it. I’ve always been much more drawn to the experience.”

Sam Zell Quote: “I was targeting good real estate assets overburdened by excessive debt. Well, I began seeing similar scenarios unfold in the corporate world and realized I could provide equity to those companies for a stake at a discounted price, and that would help them position themselves for when the market recovered.”

15. “I was targeting good real estate assets overburdened by excessive debt. Well, I began seeing similar scenarios unfold in the corporate world and realized I could provide equity to those companies for a stake at a discounted price, and that would help them position themselves for when the market recovered.”

Sam Zell Quote: “You just build up a tolerance for rejection. You learn to keep asking and to find ways to get a conversation going. If you can just start and keep a dialogue, you have a chance.”

16. “You just build up a tolerance for rejection. You learn to keep asking and to find ways to get a conversation going. If you can just start and keep a dialogue, you have a chance.”

Sam Zell Quote: “Redundancies are much more predictable and transparent than theoretical opportunities to add value. My focus is always on the downside. Overly optimistic assumptions lead to the graveyard of corporate acquisitions.”

17. “Redundancies are much more predictable and transparent than theoretical opportunities to add value. My focus is always on the downside. Overly optimistic assumptions lead to the graveyard of corporate acquisitions.”

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