Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Tisch

On the morning of September 11th, I was literally about 18 blocks from the World Trade Center. I witnessed in person what a lot of people witnessed in person, but what the world really saw on the television screen, I saw it with my own eyes that morning.

My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.

As many Giants fans know, we're one of the few teams without cheerleaders.

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

I would say I'm an optimist by nature.

Hollywood can buy a lot of pieces of the puzzle, but the great thing is they can never buy word of mouth.

Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.

I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right filmmakers, studios have a preconceived notion to pass on NC-17 material.

My father was a guy who, because of the businesses he was in - the hotel business, the hospitality business - he didn't differentiate between the waiter serving you dinner, from the maitre d from the guy who owns a restaurant. Everybody was the same to him. He didn't look at who you were. He didn't look at your wallet.

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

I would say Im an optimist by nature.