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James V. Kimsey
Founding Chairman,
America Online
At the time I wished I had come from a rich family -- obviously, as you looked around and saw the other kids, particularly in the later years in high school, getting cars and so forth -- that I'd come from a more wealthy family. But, in retrospect I think it was probably a good thing to grow up poor because if you do achieve some success in life you really appreciate it. If I had grown up in a wealthy family I'd probably take all this for granted right now. But, I'm now like a little kid enjoying himself.
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James V. Kimsey
Founding Chairman,
America Online
A movie, The Long Gray Line had just come out, and so West Point had a certain cachet back then that it's gone through having less of in various times, and hopefully will regain again. So at that point, it was a free education and it looked like the kind of thing that was -- it drew me as a kid, as an 18-year-old kid, just looking at the movies, watching the episodes on TV and recognizing that there was a certain egalitarianism to the whole process, that all the kids went in equal. It didn't make any difference how much money you had or didn't have. That I think drew me.
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James V. Kimsey
Founding Chairman,
America Online
There's only four things you can do with your money: you can give it to the government, you can spend it, you can give it to your ungrateful kids to their detriment. And my sons -- I have three -- all understand this. I never want to deprive them of the wonderful feeling of making it on their own. I don't think you do your kids a favor by leaving them a lot of money, or letting them think they're working with a net. And so, the fourth and final thing you can do with your money is give it to charity, or do something good with it. And I think it's incumbent on everybody with any amount of money at all to start thinking like that.
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Coretta Scott King
Pioneer of Civil Rights
Coretta Scott King: I think that nonviolence allows you and empowers you to do what is necessary, because what you do is build coalitions. You can't do all of it by yourself, but you can put together a coalition and get other people involved, or join organizations that are already involved and continue to work to eradicate poverty, of course, since poverty is still with us, very much so. My husband -- it was one of the triple evils that he talked about -- poverty, racism and war. And of course, they all are forms of violence, and we have to continue to work to make sure that people everywhere have a decent livelihood, that they have jobs, they have housing, they have health care, they have quality education. All of these areas that we still have to work on and to improve, so that the quality of life for all people is improved, and we can achieve indeed the "beloved community" that Martin talked about, that I believe in.
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Larry King
Broadcasters' Hall of Fame
Fred Wilpon, who was one of our friends, went on to be owner of the New York Mets. Owner of the New York Mets! He was an outstanding pitcher, he and Sandy (Koufax) are great friends. He goes on to own the Mets. Lenny Lefkowitz, another one of the guys, goes on to be sales manager of the New York Post. A regular working job, he sells advertising. I'm at a Met game now, and Herbie was with me, and we're up in Fred Wilpon's box, watching the Mets play. And we look down, and there's Lenny. Haven't seen him in 20 years. Lenny's walking with a couple of guys. Lenny looks up and he waves. And Fred Wilpon leaned out of the box and just yelled, "Lenny! Lenny! You paid?! You paid?!" He was mad, he's banging his fist. "You don't pay, Lenny! I own this team!" And the whole -- "I own this team! You don't pay!"
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