Speculation Quotes

280 quotes by 235 authors

Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum. — Baruch Spinoza
From the moment a New Yorker is confronted with almost any large city of Europe, it is impossible for him to pretend to himself that… — Edmund Wilson
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations. — Luc de Clapiers
I'm not against (bull fighting). Some nations like to see blood, and some like to see their victims suffer from speculation... They kill the bull… — Will Rogers
We never will have any prosperity that is free from speculation till we pass a law that every time a broker or person sells something,… — Will Rogers
Nowhere does history indulge in repetitions so often or so uniformly as in Wall Street. When you read contemporary accounts of booms or panics, the… — Edwin Lefevre
At the beginning God said: "Let there be light," and light was, and light is, and light shall be. So Christianity is rolling on, and… — Thomas De Witt Talmage
There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks. — John Kenneth Galbraith
No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product of free choice… — John Kenneth Galbraith
When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover. Because ever since the great tulipmania in 1637, speculation… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as… — John Quincy Adams
Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. — Paul Getty
It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or… — Norm Coleman
Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services. — Henry Ford
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. — William Hazlitt
I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a… — Francois Hollande
Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting. — Adam Lambert
The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some 'expert'... you can always find… — Peter McWilliams

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