Mark Walport Quotes

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.

Elon Musk is a remarkable individual.

Elon Musk is a cool cookie.

People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.

Elon Musk is an incredible leader and entrepreneur. I have known him since 1995 when he first came to Silicon Valley.

I wish I was as annotative as Elon Musk.

I'm an entrepreneur. I'm a young mogul. I'm blessed.

I've always said that I was Trump before Trump was Trump.

Vince McMahon is not a human being. They don't make people like Vince. Vince is Vince. I can't even describe to you what it's like being in a room with Vince McMahon. He is above man. That's the best way I can put it. Like-minded people take over the world, so I've always had a great rapport with him.

Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor.

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer.

Is there anyone out there who is the next Steve Jobs? I think Jeff Bezos is pretty close. He is very smart. He is extremely creative. He has completely reinvented the way in which commerce is done online.

I'm proud of my status as a pioneer in this business.

An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change.

When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.

I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman.

I think Steve Jobs is my idol.

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Bill Haskell was real.

Everyone loved Steve Jobs and the idea of Steve Jobs. Like a lot of people, I loved a man I never knew.

Steve Jobs was a pretty complicated character and somewhat a psychologically complicated guy.

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.