Sam Wyly Quotes

• In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

  Sam Wyly

  Integrity, Team, People

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• The story of the entrepreneur... is the story of forward progress, of pursuing one's dreams and goals no matter how outlandish they seem to others. The entrepreneur, like the pioneer, pushes boundaries in search of what's new, what's next. Sometimes, he brings the whole society with him, rushing forward together into a next phase of our communal human life.

  Sam Wyly

  Dream, Rushing, Goal

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• I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.

  Sam Wyly

  Thinking, People, Rich

  "In S.E.C. Fraud Suit,Texas Brothers stand Firm" by David Segal, www.nytimes.com. August 22, 2010.

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• I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.

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  College, Guy, Adam

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• I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

  Sam Wyly

  Writing, Long, People

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• I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.

  Sam Wyly

  Party, Personality, Political

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• Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.

  Sam Wyly

  Regulation, Als, Heirs

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• Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

  Sam Wyly

  Order, Years, Letters

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• Actually, I've never thought myself as being a particularly hard worker. I've always worked, and I guess my mind is busy all the time. I've been in a lot of things just because of my own intellectual curiosity.

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  Hard Work, Intellectual, Curiosity

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• I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.

  Sam Wyly

  Air, Goal, Energy

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• The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.

  Sam Wyly

  Powerful, Dirty, Air

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