Sheldon Adelson Quotations

If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.

I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.

Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

I was sitting with the Prime Minister, and he was making reference to the Mice market. I said: 'Is that the little things that go across the closet and squeak?'

For me, businesses are like buses. You stand on a corner and you don't like where the first bus is going? Wait ten minutes and take another. Don't like that one? They'll just keep coming. There's no end to buses or businesses.

For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.

The key factor in my strategy is longevity.

Why do I need succession planning? Im very alert, Im very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.

So Israel won't be a democratic state, so what.

I'm not in business to make money for the other guy. I'm in business to make money for myself.

There's never been a real destination resort in Asia, and when we open the Venetian Macao, it will be the first.

He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is. Every time I talk to him, he says 'well let me think about it.'

It's unfair that I've been treated unfair, but it doesn't stop me.

I don’t cry when I lose. There’s always a new hand coming up.

Why is it fair that I should be paying a higher percentage of taxes than anyone else?

I'm against very wealthy ­people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it.

Entrepreneurship is essentially identifying the path that everyone takes; and choosing a different, better way.

I am willing to spend whatever it takes … My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest company by far in the industry and I am willing to speak out. I don’t see any compelling reason for the government to allow people to gamble on the Internet and nobody has ever explained except for the two companies whose special interest is going to be served if there is gaming on the Internet, Caesars and MGM.

I never thought about becoming wealthy. It never crossed my mind. What really motivated me was to try to accomplish something.

An entrepreneur is born with the mentality to take risks, though there are several important characteristics: courage, faith in yourself, and above all, even when you fail, to learn from failure and get up and try again.