Best 578 quotes in «investment quotes» category

These debt obligations will simply erode America's standard of living in the future. Money spent to service the debt is money that we don't have to spend on consumption's goods, or on investment in our future.

The situation in Egypt is stable. We are ready for tourism and investment.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.

The universe is like a pension plan. It will match your investment.

The true secret of success in the investment and speculative world is not so much which good securities to buy, but rather which investments to avoid.

The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one

They really can’t afford to be contrarians. A major investment house can’t afford to do research for five customers who won’t generate a lot of commissions.

This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

Those who controlled private capital largely walked away from the US economy for the entire 1930s, refusing to pump in enough new investment even to replace the machinery and goods-in-process that were consumed during the decade.

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our own).

To praise is an investment in happiness.

To have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated by figures, by persuasive reasoning, and by reference to a body of actual experience.

To a value investor, investments come in three varieties: undervalued at one price, fairly valued at another price, and overvalued at still some higher price. The goal is to buy the first, avoid the second, and sell the third.

Unless you completely understand the investment world, do not mess around with it. It is not something I would go anywhere near.

To the extent that the scientist's capacity for pursuing the truth depends upon costly apparatus, institutional collaboration and heavy capital investment by government or industry he is no longer his own master.

Travel is the best investment you can make in yourself.

We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.

Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.

Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.

We are all accountable for ourselves. Think of yourself as a precious commodity, and then protect your investment each day.

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing.

We ignore outlooks and forecasts... we're lousy at it and we admit it ... everyone else is lousy too, but most people won't admit it.

We have worked to make our trade negotiations more transparent and to negotiate value-based agreements. We have listened to concerns, for example by carrying out a reform of the investment protection system and setting out to create a multilateral investment court. Our world is rapidly changing and this creates a multitude of concerns.

We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.

We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.

We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt to profit by playing various games in the securities markets.

We should not be scrimping on investments in public safety. The lack of infrastructure spending is costing us lives in America. It's costing every commuter.

We've also had comments in relation to Donald Trump's comments in respect of investment in Scotland- the UK government has never given Mr Trump awards or appointments.

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.

What fools call "wasting time" is most often the best investment.

What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.

What if I am wrong? Any rational investment plan has to start with that question.

When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness.

What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.

What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination

When a stock is selling at a discount to liquidation value per share, a near rock-bottom appraisal, it is frequently an attractive investment.

When you use the term 'cost per lead' you make marketing a cost center. Instead say 'investment per lead.'

When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do.