15 Quotes & Sayings By Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch is a media mogul, who is the chairman and CEO of News Corporation. He is also a member of the board of directors of News International, a part owner of the New York Yankees, and a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs. Murdoch has been married to Wendi Deng Murdoch since 1999. Rupert Murdoch is the father of four children: Elisabeth ("Bibi"), James ("Jed"), Lachlan ("Lach") and Grace.

~In motivating people, YOU've got to engage their minds and...
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~In motivating people, YOU've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved~ Rupert Murdoch
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SHIT, OR GET OFF THE POT Rupert Murdoch
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Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business. Rupert Murdoch
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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. Rupert Murdoch
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If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something. Rupert Murdoch
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We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web. Rupert Murdoch
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No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude. Rupert Murdoch
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In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. Rupert Murdoch
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In a world as competitive as ours, the child who does not get a decent education is condemned to the fringes of society. I think all Australians agree that this is intolerable. So we must demand as much of our schools as we do of our sports teams - and ensure that they keep the Australian dream alive for every child. Rupert Murdoch
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Great journalism will always attract readers. The words, pictures and graphics that are the stuff of journalism have to be brilliantly packaged; they must feed the mind and move the heart. Rupert Murdoch
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Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere. Rupert Murdoch
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The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. Rupert Murdoch
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I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place. Rupert Murdoch
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So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die. Rupert Murdoch