Investing Quotes · Page 82

“Now, he numbly stands stock-still, in abject fear that this whole catastrophe may well be his doing.”

— Dawn French

There's always a fine line between 'What is the market going to bear?' and, 'By the way, I've got 2,000 unsold seats.'

— Michael Rapino

I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.

— Jim Rogers

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.

— Jason Calacanis

Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

— Benjamin Graham

When laissez-faire creates instability, the move to a freer market can be something less than pure gain.

— Robert Kuttner

Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum.

— Suze Orman

I've never asked anyone to invest in what I'm doing unless I'm willing to put some skin in the game myself.

— Doug Burgum

I am not really inclined to think there is any very effective regulation of the derivative securities markets that would be useful.…

— Kenneth Arrow

If the response you finally receive from me is 'thanks but no thanks', then please accept at face value that I would…

— David S. Rose

In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment,…

— Pope Francis

We're told we need this trade deal to open up vast markets to American goods, ... But the reality is that most…

— David E. Bonior

Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

But well-a-day, the gardener careless grew, The maids and fairies both were kept away, And in a drought the caterpillars threw Themselves…

— William Browne

Fishing in sustainable ways means fewer fish, higher quality, better price at the market. That is a formula that is good for…

— Mark Kurlansky

In a market where funding is hard to come by, if you're scaled already, then you are in a brilliant position because…

— Naveen Tewari

“CHOOSE A SUBLIME IDEAL If you dedicate yourself to a sublime ideal, your life will continually grow in richness, strength and intensity.…

— Anonymous

Perhaps storytellers don't need to care as much about the future as executives and investors do. After all, isn't it possible that…

— John Landgraf

There are three important principles to Graham's approach. [The first is to look at stocks as fractional shares of a business, which]…

— Warren Buffett

California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Near the top of the market, investors are extraordinarily optimistic because they've seen mostly higher prices for a year or two. The…

— Martin Zweig

To hinder, besides, the farmer from selling his goods at all times to the best market, is evidently to sacrifice the ordinary…

— Adam Smith

“Direct-sold retail funds can be great for investors, but sometimes they can work against the fund companies that market them. Throughout the…

— Pat Dorsey

“And now a look at the financial markets. You will turn yourself inside out. Your sadness will know no bounds. Ladybugs will…

— Joseph Fink

You know, when you sell real estate, that's not like going out and selling a stock. That takes a long time.

— Donald Trump

Nobody beats the market, they say. Except for those of those of us who do.

— David Dreman

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust,…

— Mukesh Ambani

When the housing market fell in Las Vegas, we got so many Rolex and Tag Heuer watches it was ridiculous.

— Corey Harrison

Slow investing can have the same impact on startups that slow food has had on cuisine: good things come to those who…

— Glenn Kelman

The sillier the market's behavior, the greater the opportunity for the business like investor.

— Benjamin Graham

Less volatile stocks tend to have negative abnormal profits; more volatile stocks tend to have positive abnormal profits.

— Robert Haugen

Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.

— John Templeton

Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen

— Nicholas Stern

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a…

— George Soros

I don't think anybody ever makes any money buying and selling stock. They have to make money by keeping the stock.

— Donald Sultan

Where you really get in trouble is if the market is dropping and the economy's slowing down and you don't take action.

— Alan Mulally

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than…

— Laozi

“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.”

— David L. Weimer

In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad.

— Robert Kuttner