Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

finance

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow. 11 quotes from Henrik Ibsen

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation. 25 other thoughts from Charles Baudelaire

To beat the market you'll have to invest serious bucks to dig up information no one else has yet. 5 more quotes from Merton Miller

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. 5 quotes from Merton Miller

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. 5 views from Merton Miller

Finance, like time, devours its own children. 53 views from Honore de Balzac

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. 53 other sayings from Honore de Balzac

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever. 5 more views from Merton Miller

All money is a matter of belief. 9 views from Adam Smith

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. 9 more wisdom & wit from Adam Smith

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. 10 thoughts from John Maynard Keynes

It's not the having, it's the getting. 9 wisdom & wit from Charles Spurgeon

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. 2 views from Alfred Marshall

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. 10 other quotes from John D. Rockefeller

What we now call 'finance' is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love. 4 views from Robert Graves

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in. 10 quotes from John D. Rockefeller

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. 2 quotes from E. F. Schumacher

I made my money by selling too soon. 12 wisdom & wit from Bernard Baruch

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. 22 sayings from William Feather

Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. 15 quotes from John Locke

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. 3 quotes from Mario Puzo

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. 6 other sayings from William Temple

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. 7 other sayings from Joseph Wood Krutch

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. 13 quotes from Andrew Carnegie

Don't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it. 57 quotes from Will Rogers

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. 13 other quotes from Andrew Carnegie

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. 4 more thoughts from Clarence Day

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. 52 wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. 12 other views from J. Paul Getty

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. 6 quotes from Jules Renard

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. 96 more views from Benjamin Franklin

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. 12 other thoughts from John Barrymore