John Malone Quotes

“You start looking for what opportunities exist that you can take advantage of in what is essentially a very tight credit environment.”

“You've got to play both offense and defense.”

“Long-term valuations are going to be a function of long-term interest rates.”

“I used to say in the cable industry that if your interest rate was lower than your growth rate, your present value is infinite. That's why the cable industry created so many rich guys.”

“Inflation lets you raise your rates and devalue your liabilities.”

“What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational.”

“There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings.”

“I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.”

“Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to try to take advantage of, and then there are strategic synergies.”

“Even if you don't postulate high growth rates, you can generate high equity returns if you can leverage them up.”

“Good businesses with good life expectancies will find credit…”

“God help us if we think we can pick winners and losers when it comes to making movies.”

“You start looking for what opportunities exist that you can take advantage of in what is essentially a very tight credit environment.”

“You've got to play both offense and defense.”

“Long-term valuations are going to be a function of long-term interest rates.”

“I used to say in the cable industry that if your interest rate was lower than your growth rate, your present value is infinite. That's why the cable industry created so many rich guys.”

“Inflation lets you raise your rates and devalue your liabilities.”

“Good businesses with good life expectancies will find credit…”

“Stocks are cheap; companies aren't.”

“God help us if we think we can pick winners and losers when it comes to making movies. Even the good guys don't know how to do that.”

“There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings.”

“What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational.”

“Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to try to take advantage of, and then there are strategic synergies.”

“I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.”