Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

“In motivating people, youve 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.”

“For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.”

“I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesnt mean you interfere, but its important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand whats happening.”

“Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.”

“You cant build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.”

“No ones 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.”

“The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.”

“Is there any other industry in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?”

“have started to look like dying elephants.”

“Should Yahoo have betrayed a source like that? ... I think they were wrong.”

~In motivating people, YOUve 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~

SHIT, OR GET OFF THE POT

Money is not the motivating force. Its nice to have money, but I dont live high. What I enjoy is running the business.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

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.

Weve got to lift our game tremendously. Well sell our business news and information in print, well sell it to anyone whos got a cable system, and well sell it on the Web.

No ones 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.

In motivating people, youve 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.

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.

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.