Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one. — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
Expeditions are escapism. The stuff that we're normally concerned about just doesn't matter out there. Tax returns, gas bill, none of it.… — Ben Saunders Copy Share Image
The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
When you can't lend or trade - and you can't invest with the leverage that juiced returns to support seven- and eight-figure… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
All players have 'ordinary' periods in their career and it's hard to explain why. So at these times, its all about self… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The 5th Amendment guarantees that defendants can't face 'double jeopardy,' which means the government can't prosecute a person a second time for… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
When it comes to portfolios, my personal advice is for anyone who can, put money into forestry or farmland. Long term, you… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has… — Gustave Meyrink Copy Share Image
What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
My best investment is my imagination, because it has never failed to bring me my greatest returns! — Randy Castillo Copy Share Image
One of the things that I thought really worked was that you have 'Smallville' on television and 'Superman Returns' come out in… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
Modern medicine has presented us with a Faustian bargain: Our aging bodies can bankrupt our children and grandchildren. We have run into… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Big fund companies have many ways to increase the returns of young funds that they want to promote. And at least one… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the… — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
