Investing Quotes - Page 37

In this day and age it's really stupid to be stupid about financial matters. It doesn't do you any good to make money if you don't know what to do with it other than spend it.

We need to continue investing in the programs that put Americans back to work in communities like Clark County.

Why aren't we investing more in alternate tech? The Saudi Arabians are, Scottish Power is. I was just there. Could it be that we're counting on the oil going on forever and ever and ever and us having all of it and getting very rich?

It's very hard for students not to be in debt unless they've got big scholarships or rich parents. And it's called investing in your future, but like any investment it's risky because your future is an unknown quantity. However, if you don't invest in your future, you may be flipping hamburgers for the rest of your life. So it's a real dilemma.

The purpose of finance is to enable business to acquire the ownership of capital instruments before it has saved the funds to buy and pay for them. The logic used by business in investing is things that will pay for themselves is not today available to the 95% born without capital. Most of us owe instead of own. And the less the economy needs our labor, the less able we are to "save" our way to capital ownership.

Sunshine is the best disinfectant

You never know what the American public is going to do, but you know that they will do it all at once.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

Time is a most precious asset. Would you consider investing more of your time in the things of eternity in order to merit the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost and to benefit more fully from His influence?

Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves for whatever reason.

I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.

Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These.

It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure.

Genius is a rising stock market.

Almost every aspect of its (Federal Reserve) history should be approached with a discriminating disregard for what is commonly taught or believed.

The privileged have regularly invited their own destruction with their greed.

The US dollar is our currency but your problem.

Thats one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.

You don't get rewarded for taking risk; you get rewarded for buying cheap assets. And if the assets you bought got pushed up in price simply because they were risky, then you are not going to be rewarded for taking a risk; you are going to be punished for it.

The good news is, the stock market is closed and it can't hurt us again until tomorrow.

Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled, high-wage jobs for industries of the future.

The transaction reflects our disciplined strategy of investing capital in core businesses where we can leverage scale and expertise for competitive advantage. In addition to being a great strategic fit, the deal is compelling financially.

Debt is always repaid, either by the borrower or by the lender.