Best 578 quotes in «investment quotes» category

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

Don't try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.

Do you really like a particular stock? Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should not be diversified away into meaningless oblivion.

Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability. But all development programs of the United States and the European countries unfortunately exclude the private sector, which could make investments based on profitability.

Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.

Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships.

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Every ad is an investment in the long-term image of a brand.

Every advertisement is part of the long term investment in the personality of the brand.

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense.

Every time you have a carrot instead of a cookie, every time you go to the gym instead of going to the movies, that's a costly investment in your health. But how much you want to invest is going to depend on how much longer you expect to live in the future, even if you don't make those investments.

Excellent value relative to the week investment of time....To my mind, this is the definitive course on leadership.

For many of us it is obvious that children are our ultimate investment, but unfortunately children are also the ultimate investment of the gun, tobacco and the liquor industries.

For me to get to work with a writer-director over time in developing a project - my investment feels much more profound. I know that whatever is on the other end I'm going to feel that much closer to.

For myself, I have but little confidence in any business, or enterprise, or investment, that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders.

Generosity is the best investment.

For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

Furthermore, the situation in the North Caucasus is rather unstable. Mutual relations and the cooperation between [Vladimir] Putin and [Ramzan] Kadyrov, the high price that has been paid to buy the loyalty of the local elite through an enormous tribute of multibillion[-ruble] investments, all this cannot be an arrangement for good.

Girls' education is the single best investment that any society can make.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice.  It is an investment.

God gave you a gift and he deserves a return on his investment.

Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.

Gold is no longer an investment. Gold is no longer a portfolio item. Gold is certainly not a trading vehicle. Gold is your lifeline and I mean that literally.

Google is making a huge investment in developing the Ajax approach.

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

Goldman Sachs saying they might be interested in such an investment. I'm familiar with the company. I've known the management, the current management, Jack Welch before Jeff Immelt. I've known him for decades.

Having great clients is the key to investment success.

I don't have any particular expertise-I've never been a banker or an investment banker. But I did see an evolution in the system that I thought was problematic.

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

I am surprised at the number of Puerto Ricans that are moving out of Puerto Rico still. I thought that, by now, the immigration of Puerto Ricans had decreased a little bit. But, no, with a hurricane, it has increased even more. So, I see the financial institutions, especially the hedge funds, moving into Puerto Rico with all the - with all the force, knowing that their investments towards the future are going to be multiplied or probably elevated to quantities beyond any notion of how capital works.

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

I did not direct any of my investments nor did I know of these investments.

I am not a person of the left. But one of the things, the central idea of democracy is that you have a bigger investment in the system as a whole than you do in any particular outcome.

I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or think it is essential to an investment program, you should not be in the partnership.

I call children "our ultimate investment.

I don't think investment is that hard. It's doing the simple things on a regular basis.

I don't want a lot of good investments; I want a few outstanding ones.

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

I first had money for investment just at the time of the 2008 crisis and shares have been highly volatile since then. So I do have shares in my pension but I have tended to invest in specific projects that include property and private companies that have been very well researched by my advisers.

If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

If horses had controlled investment decisions, there would have been no auto industry.

If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here.

If I do not do sensible things about investments I shall spend my old age in a workhouse, where nobody will understand my jokes.