Investing Quotes - Page 35

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

  Will Rogers

  Return, Investment, Concerned

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• You have never lost money in stocks over any 20-year period, but you have wiped out half your portfolio in bonds (after inflation). So which is the riskier asset?

  Jeremy Siegel

  Years, Half, Portfolios

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• one of the greatest deterrents to successful investing is the three-letter word ego.

  Venita VanCaspel

  Money, Successful, Ego

  Venita VanCaspel (1983). “The power of money dynamics”, Simon & Schuster

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• You could be somewhere where the mail was delayed three weeks and do just fine investing.

  Warren Buffett

  Three, Mail, Week

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• We are quite convinced that if he were alive today, as an astute businessman looking out to the future, he would be moving out of fossil fuels and investing in clean, renewable energy.

  Stephen Heintz

  Business, Moving, Today

  "Heirs to Rockefeller oil fortune divest from fossil fuels over climate change" by Suzanne Goldenberg, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2014.

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• The Wheels of Justice turn slowly but exceedingly fine.

  Unknown

  Justice, Wheels, Fine

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• The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of water, you might not need a boat.

  Mark Pincus

  Water, Needs, Body

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• The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

  Ray Dalio

  Thinking, Closed Minded, You Think You Know

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• Sunshine is the best disinfectant

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Sunshine

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• Parents deserve the peace of mind of knowing their children are in good hands. By investing in early childhood educators, we are supporting nurturing child care environments where children can thrive.

  Kathleen Wynne

  Education, Children, Gay

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• There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes.

  Mohnish Pabrai

  Mistake, Traps, Values

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• Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read!

  John Mihaljevic

  Writing, Guy, Succeed

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• The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!

  Babatunde Osotimehin

  Lakes, Years, People

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• The only product that's worth investing in is a fully functional musculoskeletal system. It's no luxury but rather a basic necessity that's within everyone's reach.

  Pete Egoscue

  Luxury, Products

  Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines (2014). “Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain”, p.17, Bantam

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• Patience is one of the most valuable attributes in investing.

  Martin Zweig

  Attributes, Valuable

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• Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Men, Optimism, Small Man

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). “The Crack-Up”, p.122, New Directions Publishing

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• I advise women to invest in real estate. It is the collateral to be preferred above all others, and the safest means of investing money.

  Hetty Green

  Real, Mean, Investing Money

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• To offer women something that feels more about investing in something and less about being disposable is a complete corrective to the world we live in

  Phoebe Philo

  World, Feels, Offers

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• Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.

  Sophocles

  Men, Wonder, Stranger

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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• The price pattern reminds you that every movement of importance is but a repetition of similar price movements, that just as soon as you can familiarize yourself with the actions of the past, you will be able to anticipate and act correctly and profitably upon forthcoming movements.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Past, Movement, Patterns

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• Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Lying, Humorous

  The Autobiography of Mark Twain Chapter 29

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• While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

  Kitty Kelley

  Girl, Heart, America

  "No Oprah in the Billionaire Club" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.

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• I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

  John Sayles

  Jobs, Needs, Way

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• It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages?

  William Booth

  Stupidity, Battle, Shapes

  William Booth (2014). “In Darkest England and the Way Out”, p.44, Cambridge University Press

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• There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Jobs, Wind, Oil

  "Climate Choice" by Evangeline Lilly, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.

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