Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

finance

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

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Will Rogers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finance, like time, devours its own children. 53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

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

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

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. 5 other wisdom & wit from Merton Miller

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

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

It's not the having, it's the getting. 9 quotes from Charles Spurgeon

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

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

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. 10 wisdom & wit from John D. Rockefeller

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

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

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

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

I made my money by selling too soon. 12 quotes from Bernard Baruch

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

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