Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

Ethics to me is very important.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

Al-Waleed bin Talal
Al-Waleed bin Talal

You cannot play with fire.