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title: "7 Trading floor Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Trading floor quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Trading floor sayings and thoughts."
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> [The truth is that once you get down on the trading floor, you find that the traders come from all walks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bradford-raschke/the-truth-is-that-once-you-get-down-on-the-trading-floor-you-find/)

[Linda Bradford Raschke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bradford-raschke/)

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> [I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-clinton/i-loved-working-on-wall-street-i-loved-the-meritocracy-of-it-and-the/)

[Chelsea Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/chelsea-clinton-3614_camaraderie_i-loved-working-on-wall-street-i-loved-t_893067.jpg)

> [The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-men-on-the-trading-floor-may-not-have-been-to-school-but-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/anonymous-1_ignorance_the-men-on-the-trading-floor-may-not-hav_1793018.jpg)

> [With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-ritholtz/with-twitter-you-can-build-your-own-virtual-trading-floor-and/)

[Barry Ritholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-ritholtz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/barry-ritholtz-5065_almost_with-twitter-you-can-build-your-own-virt_2788486.jpg)

> [Auctions are bizarre combinations of slave market, trading floor, theatre and burlesque... a lot of people are going to be making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/auctions-are-bizarre-combinations-of-slave-market-trading-floor/)

[Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/jerry-saltz-1712_auctions_auctions-are-bizarre-combinations-of-sla_2997142.jpg)

> [It seemed glamorous when I used to go into work and get to be on a trading floor or see how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-duffy/it-seemed-glamorous-when-i-used-to-go-into-work-and-get-to-be-on-a/)

[Erin Duffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-duffy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/erin-duffy-41445_before_it-seemed-glamorous-when-i-used-to-go-in_3020461.jpg)

> [If you look at the great frauds of all time, Enron had that phantom trading floor. What Herbalife has is it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/if-you-look-at-the-great-frauds-of-all-time-enron-had-that-phantom/)

[Bill Ackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ackman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/bill-ackman-26775_all-time_if-you-look-at-the-great-frauds-of-all-t_3091755.png)

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