Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Norman Braman

At Sterling, we're not looking to become a dominating factor in the market. We're looking for an area to carve out for ourselves. We want to become another BMW.

Who the hell is against breast cancer research?

There's more to life than the National Football League.

The Democrats would be better off giving the public a chance to vote for someone young - they have young leaders in the party - as I think Republicans should do. I think that is where the future is.

The country has had enough of the Clintons and the Bushes.

I wanted to show the community you can build something here without having to raid taxpayers' dollars. What better way to show the community what we're all about, as a welcome to come to the Institute of Contemporary Art and be a part of what we're doing here?

We, in the business world, invest our money to make a profit. Sports teams make a good profit. That's the way the system should work, not taxpayers forking over these dollars to for-profit enterprises.

I am one who shows great respect and commends the Cuban people for having the guts to go over to Cuba to get Cubans out when they had the opportunity to do it. I think it's a... shame that the Jews here in the United States in the 1930s didn't do the same for other Jews who were also in trouble.

There is a type of respect that we have for each other and a warm feeling that exists between dealers and collectors who have known each other for many years.

If you're going to do something, you do it all the way.

Everybody runs for political office knocking somebody, and very few run on 'This is what I stand for. This is what I believe will solve these problems.'

Complex digestive conditions harm the physical and emotional well-being of many children, but GI research is severely undervalued and underfunded.

What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like the Carnegies and the Mellons who used their wealth for quality purposes.

You have to invest. You can't sit back.

I don't believe in dynasties; I don't believe in coronations. That is not how it works in this country.

I think you can win in the NFL without being a 'bad boy.'

Owning the Eagles is the ultimate fulfillment of every fantasy I ever had growing up in Philadelphia.

Most collectors I know don't think of art as a business or as an investment.

If you don't uphold a contract, which is an agreement, then you've got nothing.

I went through a significant illness in 1991 and had some major surgery, and I made up my mind that I have to get my life in order, and the first thing that I would try to accomplish was to get out of the sports business.

I'm against corporate welfare.

I am offended by people who feel that they're entitled to something just because of their last name.

We've been married for 60 years. We don't buy anything anymore without being on the same page.

When my wife's sister passed away, Bernie Madoff came to the funeral. That was the type of individual that we all thought he was - a very caring individual.

A weak America poses a threat to the future of Israel.

We live in a democracy. We don't have to tell the people how to vote.

I have been blessed being married to the same woman for 61 years. I honestly believe that if I retired, we may not make it to 62.

I've learned that if you see something that's incredible, move on it quickly.

Cities like Chicago and Philadelphia make the NFL what it is. They give the league its soul.

I don't consider myself a fat cat. Don't make me out to be a fat cat.

If an institution has not made it after 10 years, it shouldn't be around anymore.

If you have the opportunity to have the best of the artist, then if you overpay, it doesn't matter. Eventually, the market will reward you. If it raises the value of our collection, we go for it.

I have nothing against Jeb Bush personally.

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

I don't want to get into a Buddy Ryan-bashing contest. I respect Buddy Ryan.

My father emigrated from Poland and my mother from Romania. There was no affluence in my family.

Senator Rubio has always, always understood Israel as an important ally of the United States.