Sumner Redstone quotes:

Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition.

The reason we have not gone to newspapers is because its a slow growth industry and I think they are dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years. I read newspapers every day. I even read Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.

When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When that happens, I'll know enough to retire, but that's never gonna happen. I'm here for forever.

I listen to my daughter. I listen to Paula, but I make the decisions. The decision to say goodbye to Cruise was mine.

We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment.

Viacom's results for the first quarter put the company on a fast track for another record year in 2004.

We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom.

We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.

I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.

The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!

The information superhighway is a dirt road that won't be paved over until 2025.

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage.

The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in

It was always tough, but today we are in the throes of something we have never seen in our history. It's clear in recent times the market is looking for a bottom.

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.

In order to succeed, you have to live dangerously.. as long as the danger is rationally accepted and as long as the rewards far outweigh the risk.

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

Sometimes divorce is better than marriage

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.

I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around.

I will believe in the 500-channel world only when I see it.

Viacoms results for the first quarter put the company on a fast track for another record year in 2004.

Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophy.

I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to emerging business opportunities can be seen in the many strategic announcements we have made over these past few months. The more focused and more nimble organization we sought to create has become a reality and that aggressive spirit of excellence and innovation will continue to benefit shareholders for many years to come.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

The explosion was good. It sent a message to the rest of the world that the time of the big star getting all this money is over. And it is! I would like to think that what I did, or what we did, has had a salutary effect on the rest of the industry.

We don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot,

We need to listen to consumers' needs