Im a strange mixture of my mothers curiosity my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility and my mothers father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts. – Rupert Murdoch
Money is not the motivating force. Its nice to have money, but I dont live high. What I enjoy is running the business. – Rupert Murdoch
Im not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian. – Rupert Murdoch
No ones going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude. – Rupert Murdoch
I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. – Emma Thompson