In Business School they taught us about cash flow, not about corporate politics; about return on equity, not about egos and pride.… — Mary Cunningham Agee Copy Share Image
We [US government] have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
I believe investors should invest for the long run, so I don't buy and sell. I usually maintain the classic index of… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
Considering LEGO's considerable brand equity, you might expect that the company must have a marketing budget in the billions. Not so. In… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
In choosing a portfolio, investors should seek broad diversification, Further, they should understand that equities--and corporate bonds also--involve risk; that markets inevitably… — Harry Markowitz Copy Share Image
The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority;… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
[I believe in] the throne...parliamentary institutions...private enterprise and individual opinion against the socialization of the state...equity in the distribution of public burdens… — Austen Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So… — Wayne Huizenga Copy Share Image
Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience… — John Selden Copy Share Image
The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1982. I've had a… — N. Robert Hammer Copy Share Image
A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about the information highway is that virtual equity is far easier to achieve than real-world equity...We are… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think it was 1987 - something like that - or '86, and I thought, 'When you go equity and you're gonna… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
People in private equity complain that they have so much capital and so few places to invest. But you have lots of… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Anger should be especially kept down in punishing, because he who comes to punishment in wrath will never hold that middle course… — Johannes Voet Copy Share Image
If you expect to be a net saver during the next 5 years, should you hope for a higher or lower stock… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The Nike swash that cost $30 and was designed by a Portland State University art student was probably worth that when she… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the… — Jackie Huggins Copy Share Image
Now, suppose that a homeowner puts down only 3% of their own money or 3.5% for the FHA. That means if prices… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was this… — Kate Levering Copy Share Image
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
If you have money draining out of the public equity markets, that inevitably affects the private equity market. They cannot exist going… — Kevin Kinsella Copy Share Image
Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going… — Tom Basso Copy Share Image
We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“At the heart of every flourishing democracy is the unyielding commitment to free speech. It is the beacon that illuminates the path… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
We think that we live in a heterosexual society because most men are fixated on women as sexual objects; but, in fact,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
A capitalist is someone who derives a substantial share of his income from his equity in producing companies. On this scale the… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Years ago, having an Equity Card usually meant you were trained, either in radio or theatre rep, which doesn't exist now. So… — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
“It is more important to look holistically at the root of why anyone would want to avoid work so badly that they’d… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
I want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
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