Bernard Marcus Quotations

We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.

I'm basically a dinosaur. I don't use e-mail. But I do recognize the importance of science and the resulting possibilities.

Kids are wandering around the streets today that will become tomorrow's criminals that were yesterday's heroes.

Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.

People used to believe only a professional could do tiling or install track lighting. That's utter nonsense.

One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it didn't sell, it didn't make a difference what we thought or our research told us. They told us if it was successful by buying it or not.

I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

As a businessman, you have to trust people. To find two people who lied the way [Vick and Petrino] lied, that's unique and that's not Arthur's fault. It's not a flaw of Arthur's. It's a flaw of these two guys.