I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak. Animal-based food kills people. This way, by going vegan... we get healthy and save animals. I'm being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity.

Steve Wynn

We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me.

Steve Wynn

Money doesn't make people happy. People make people happy.

Steve Wynn

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

Steve Wynn

Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels.

Steve Wynn

The most impressive person I've ever met? Elaine Wynn is no slouch. She's a much better person than me. But I've got her. Finders keepers, losers weepers. And it's been forty-seven years.

Steve Wynn

I am a self-made brat.

Steve Wynn

What we know about the destination resort business is clearly established. But it's all about one thing, and one thing only. All of the razzmatazz and jazz we hear about facilities and everything else doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's customer experience that determines the longevity and endurance of these enterprises.

Steve Wynn

I went public in 2002 in America, and do you know what Wall Street valued my concession in Macau at? Zero.

Steve Wynn

We recruit our people for personality. We look for the people person, with innate warmth, sweetness, and intelligence. These are the people who are sending your message out to the customers and potential customers, so we recruit for personality first and foremost.

Steve Wynn

I had a disc giving me a lot of trouble, and I had four surgeries. Then I had a staph infection, so they had to open me up five times in four months... It was in the bottom of my back, the same incision. They should have put a zipper on it.

Steve Wynn

If I complain about a traffic jam, I have no one to blame but myself.

Steve Wynn

Keeping customers is about the experience, and the employees control the culture and temperature of the business. Never forget that.

Steve Wynn

'Le Reve' may be one of the three best pictures Pablo Picasso ever painted.

Steve Wynn

Did we not all grow up saying we had to have four glasses of whole milk a day for healthy bones? It's ridiculous. It's liquid cholesterol.

Steve Wynn

What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you.

Steve Wynn

It's very difficult to explain to a normal working citizen the implications of what $18 trillion in debt means and what it means when the Federal Reserve buys the U.S. Treasury bonds to finance our loss every month.

Steve Wynn

Nevada Energy doesn't lose money. The gaming industry loses money. It employs all the people. It pays all the taxes. And if you take the P&L, the profit and loss, of the hotels in Las Vegas and Reno, it is a number that is minus, not plus, minus.

Steve Wynn

Keep a strong balance sheet, don't get over-leveraged, and try to protect the security of your employees.

Steve Wynn

I thrive in competitive environments. I've never been in a monopoly.

Steve Wynn

The pent-up demand for the good life in China is extraordinary.

Steve Wynn