Finance Quotes

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.

As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.

All money is a matter of belief.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

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.