Mortimer Zuckerman Quotes

"These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Government, Time, Benefits, Economy, Employees, Security)

"Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Faith, Government, Work, Americans, Benefits, Public)

"For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Home, Ability, Baby, Job, Now)

"I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Sex, Law)

"Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Class, Public, Wonder, Workers)

"Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Destruction, Islands, Result)

"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Money, Possibility, Danger, May, Today)

"These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Home, Dream, American, Day, Ownership, Reality, Value)

"The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was."
- Mortimer Zuckerman
(Related: Home, Ownership, Value)