183 private quotes tagged finance

“The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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“I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.” — Rick Santorum

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“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” — John Maynard Keynes

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“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.” — Adam Smith

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“Inflation is taxation without legislation.” — Milton Friedman

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“One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.” — Sarah Jessica Parker

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“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.” — Donald Trump

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“All money is a matter of belief.” — Adam Smith

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“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.” — Milton Friedman

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“We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business.” — Marcy Kaptur

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“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.” — John D. Rockefeller

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“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” — Epictetus

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“A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.” — Clarence Day

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“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.” — J. Paul Getty

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“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.” — Alan Greenspan

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“Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.” — Suze Orman

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“Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.” — Alan Greenspan

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“For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.” — Charles Baudelaire

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“We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different.” — Jeffrey Sachs

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“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.” — Joseph Wood Krutch

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“We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.” — Saint Stephen

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“Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.” — Jim Rohn

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