James H. Binger - Quotations

Quotations

• I wanted to develop my own set of problems to solve - Binger, on why he went into a manufacturing and joined Honeywell
• Jim Binger brought the modern numbers-oriented analytical world to Honeywell, which basically had been a family-run company - Edson Spencer, who later became chief executive of Honeywell
• "My initial purpose really was to take a headache off his shoulders, and see if I could get the theatres to a point where they could be sold for a reasonable sum. But in the meantime I found it was a fascinating business and money could be made at it. One of the big differences between running Honeywell and Jujamcyn was that theatrical decisions, such as closing a play, could be made much more quickly than major corporate moves" - Binger in a 1987 interview with The Associated Press
• Binger created the market for Broadway here in Minneapolis. These theatres and this theater district would not be around but for Jim Binger - Fred Krohn, who presented Binger-backed productions in Minneapolis
• Jim was a risk-taker. There’s nothing more risky than owning racehorses and owning Broadway theatres, so he was always challenged. …He took both victory and defeat with grace - friend, thoroughbred owner, co-investor in the Vikings and fellow Minnesotan Wheelock Whitney to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune about Binger on the announcement of his death