Survivor wouldnt have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponsors to finance the first one. Part of my thinking on Survivor was that it should have rewards that are corporate brands. A Big Mac, one thimble-full of Coca-Cola. – Mark Burnett
How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think theyve got that great business idea. – Mark Burnett
If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I dont know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination. – Mark Burnett
I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, whats so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. – Mark Burnett
The confidence is really driven by the woman – whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending – but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
On bad days, I think Id like to be a plastic surgeon who goes to Third World countries and operates on children in villages with airlifts, and then I think, Yeah, right, Im going to go back to undergraduate school and take all the biology I missed and then go to medical school. No. No. – Tama Janowitz