--- title: "1 Compound interest Quotes By Viet Thanh Nguyen" description: "1 Compound interest quotes by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Plus more from Viet Thanh Nguyen and more Compound interest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/viet-thanh-nguyen-5296_compound-interest_my-parents-did-not-grant-me-so-much-as-a_2052518.jpg" --- > [“My parents did not grant me so much as an allowance. When I had asked for one in the fourth grade, my father had frowned and said, “Let me think it over.” The next night he handed me an itemized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/my-parents-did-not-grant-me-so-much-as-an-allowance-when-i-had-asked/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/viet-thanh-nguyen-5296_compound-interest_my-parents-did-not-grant-me-so-much-as-a_2052518.jpg) ## Other authors on Compound interest - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compound-interest/albert-einstein/) ## More by Viet Thanh Nguyen > [“He had a Minnesotan’s admiration for resourcefulness in the face of hardship, bred by generations of people one very bad winter away from starvation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/he-had-a-minnesotan-s-admiration-for-resourcefulness-in-the-face-of/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“When was the last time an American president found it worth his while to write a speech on the importance of art and literature?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-president-found-it-worth-his-while/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“We don't succeed or fail because of fortune or luck. We succeed because we understand the way the world works and what we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/we-don-t-succeed-or-fail-because-of-fortune-or-luck-we-succeed/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“Innocence and guilt. These are cosmic issues. We’re all innocent on one level and guilty on another. Isn’t that what Original Sin is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/innocence-and-guilt-these-are-cosmic-issues-we-re-all-innocent-on-one/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“After all, nothing was more American than wielding a gun and committing oneself to die for freedom and independence, unless it was wielding that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/after-all-nothing-was-more-american-than-wielding-a-gun-and/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“She wondered what, if anything, she knew about love. Not much, perhaps, but enough to know that what she would do for him now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/she-wondered-what-if-anything-she-knew-about-love-not-much-perhaps/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“One could choose between innocence and experience, but one could not have both.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/one-could-choose-between-innocence-and-experience-but-one-could-not/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“then, to present myself as just another immigrant, glad to be in the land where the pursuit of happiness was guaranteed in writing, which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/then-to-present-myself-as-just-another-immigrant-glad-to-be-in-the/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“He was more embarrassed and discreet about sex than about things I thought more difficult, like killing people, which pretty much defined the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/he-was-more-embarrassed-and-discreet-about-sex-than-about-things-i/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“Perhaps forgiveness is overrated,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/perhaps-forgiveness-is-overrated/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/while-it-is-better-to-be-loved-than-hated-it-is-also-far-better-to-be/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“Every full bottle of alcohol has a message in it, a surprise that one will not discover until one drinks it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/every-full-bottle-of-alcohol-has-a-message-in-it-a-surprise-that-one/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“We shared a passion for words, but I preferred the silence of writing while she loved to talk. She”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/we-shared-a-passion-for-words-but-i-preferred-the-silence-of-writing/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“Are you going to be the kind of person who always pays the asking price?” my mother demanded. “Or the kind who fights to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/are-you-going-to-be-the-kind-of-person-who-always-pays-the-asking/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) > [“Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/even-if-they-found-themselves-in-heaven-our-countrymen-would-find/) [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compound-interest/viet-thanh-nguyen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Compound interest Quotes By Viet Thanh Nguyen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My parents did not grant me so much as an allowance. 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