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
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
I understand online dating can feel a bit like looking through a catalogue but, like a catalogue, there is a returns policy! — Coleen Nolan Copy Share Image
When you look at dividend returns on equities versus bond yields, to me it's a pretty easy decision to be heavily in… — Laurence D. Fink Copy Share Image
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
A lot of sites offer free postage over a certain amount and are pretty cool with you sending stuff back, if you… — Dawn O'Porter 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
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
After costs, only the top 3% of managers produce a return that indicates they have sufficient skill to just cover their costs,… — Eugene Fama Copy Share Image
The only thing that was economic, I might say, about my music career, aside from the fact that I did everybody's tax… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
One of the greatest investments of our lifetime has been New York City real estate, and investors made the highest returns when… — Mary Meeker Copy Share Image
Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you,… — Michael Redhill 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
First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin… — Robert Creeley 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
Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully… — Charles Soule 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
A paradigm shift, where, in addition to physical inputs for farming, a focused emphasis placed on knowledge inputs can be a promising… — Pratibha Patil 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
In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they… — Robert Reich 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
Unilever, Nestle and SAB Miller are all taking a long-term approach to investing in sustainable resource consumption. Each is driving through better… — Jacob Rothschild 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
A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Remember: If the IRS suspects you haven't reported income, it can challenge returns from the past six years. So if you are… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
All of imagination - everything that we think, we feel, we sense - comes through the human brain. And once we create… — Jay S. Walker 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
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
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
When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out,… — J. J. Abrams 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
I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns.… — John Warner Copy Share Image
I explain the law of compensation like this: 'Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
