Best 578 quotes in «investment quotes» category

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

It has been estimated that even in the absence of net investment, the mere substitution of modern machinery for worn-out equipment in the United States would cause an annual productivity increase of approximately 1.5 percent.

I think that it's an inexact science, but the trick is this: not to quit on anything too soon. All of this takes time. It's an investment.

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.

It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it's the return of my investment

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

It's not an investment if its destroying the planet.

It's useful to be able to recognize whether you're on track or not. To have that belief, but also paranoia about am I tracking against my investment thesis.

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.

It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.

I've made my best personal investments when I've been a user of the product. Like Apple. The epiphany for me came when I purchased my fifth iPod and I hadn't unwrapped my fourth. It was still in the plastic case.

It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in it at a 10% interest rate.

I’ve made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

I've always been pleased with the investments I've made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.

I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'

Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.

Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.

Liverpool will be the most profitable investment I've ever made.

Loss avoidance must be the cornerstone of your investment philosophy.

Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

Major investment decisions have become too important to be left to the private sector.

Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.

Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.

Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.

Marketing is an investment, not a cost.

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

Most business schools are geared toward churning out investment bankers and management consultants.

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%.

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.

Maybe Governor Romney in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he's made off of how many households that have been foreclosed by his investments.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

Mutual funds are an overrated investment heavily promoted by Wall Street.

My best investment is my imagination because it has never failed to bring me my greatest return.

Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.

No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the rise of the Western capitalist economy and the building of private fortunes-and it was based on the sin of usury.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit

No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.

No matter what business you are in, and no matter how small or mundane, the activities, there must be continuous investment in it.

Now, Social Security through the years, for many many people, has been a terrible investment. It's really a tax, that's all it is. Social Security is a tax.

Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.

No one else has an investment in your personal life as you do.