Finance Quotes

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."

"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."

"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."

"I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us."

"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."

"If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion."

"Inflation is taxation without legislation."

"You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure."

"I made my money by selling too soon."

"About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends."

"A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it."

"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."

"All money is a matter of belief."

"People who think about art as an investment are pathetic."

"The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward."

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

"There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits."

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

"Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted."

"There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking."

"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."

"Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility."

"Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells."

"We cannot both preach and administer financial matters."

"Watch your finances like a hawk."

"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life."