Stephen A. Schwarzman People Quotations

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.

I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system is somewhat odd and I'm not saying how much people should do, but we should all be part of the system.

I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.