Finance Quotes

My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.

Poverty is unnecessary.

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.

Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

Landing a million-dollar investment for your startup is exhilarating. But as big as that number sounds, it doesn't go far. Many startups just getting off the ground won't have a CFO to monitor finances. It doesn't take much for spending to spiral out of control.

We teach about how to drive in school, but not how to manage finances.

The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

To beat the market you'll have to invest serious bucks to dig up information no one else has yet.

My adversary is the world of finance.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.