Investing Quotes - Page 39

• For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.

  Danny Pino

  Art, Thinking, Stories

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• I am investing like a crazy person, mostly in internet start-ups. And I want to invest in Brazil as well, because I am Brazilian and that's in my heart.

  Eduardo Saverin

  Crazy, Heart, Brazil

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• I've felt for some time that economics needs to be taught differently by economists who actually have had experience making a payroll or investing on Wall Street. When economics is taught by pure academics, watch out.

  Mark Skousen

  Wall, Watches, Needs

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• Well, higher-income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to because they can move their money somewhere else, they can move their investments. They can stop investing. They can stop working. They don't need to work. They're higher-income people.

  Rick Santorum

  Moving, Somewhere Else, People

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• Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.

  John Thune

  Jobs, War, Oil

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• If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Country, Determination, Children

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• When we look at investing, we always think about 'how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.' E-commerce tends to be something easy to copy because it's execution.

  Niklas Zennstrom

  Thinking, Looks, Execution

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• Why didn't I just throw my money out of the window - and light it on fire?

  Peter Cohan

  Fire, Light, Window

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• There is something in people; you might even call it a little bit of a gambling instinct… I tell people investing should be dull. It shouldn't be exciting. Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

  Paul Samuelson

  Vegas, Gambling, People

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• Great investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.

  Charlie Munger

  Delayed Gratification, Gratification, Delayed

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• So instead of investing your time in a passion, you’ve sold your life to work for an uncaring machine that doesn’t understand you. That’s the problem with our society. And what’s the reward? Go home and get a big TV.

  Joe Rogan

  Passion, Home, Investing Your Time

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• Rarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise.

  Martin J. Whitman

  Variables, Four, Noise

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• The art of investing is not about figuring out what has already happened. It’s about anticipating the futureand creating the future that others will read about in The Wall Street Journal.

  Joshua Rogers

  Art, Wall, Creating

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• The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.

  Eric Lefkofsky

  Ideas, Missing, Stories

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• Chairman Priebus set out on an early and historic political outreach plan which called for investing resources early to build the RNC network well before Election Day. And although the elections are still eight months away, all indications are that the money has been well spent. Our message is getting out to the Hispanic, Asian and African American communities. If we can continue to implement this plan, we will be able to save the country from further policy damages at the hand of President Obama and the Democrats.

  Matt Schlapp

  Country, Opportunity, Eight

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• No wonder nobody around the world is nervous about America anymore. No wonder we're not intimidating our adversaries and they're running around wild in the world, because they know we're not investing in our defense anymore. We need to make or military strong, not to wage war, but to avoid war and to bring peace and stability in the world.

  Chris Christie

  Running, Strong, Military

  "Shields and Gerson on GOP’s Patriot Act rift, Islamic State’s victories". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 22, 2015.

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• I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing in this country and create decent paying jobs here.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Jobs, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• You are spending millions and millions of dollars of other peoples money when you make a movie. You have to at least approach it in a way where you can see how you can make that money back for the people who are investing.

  Duncan Jones

  People, Dollars, Way

  "Duncan Jones Interview Source Code". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. April 02, 2011.

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• Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Want, Buffets

  "Warren Buffett - In 1974". Forbes Article, www.forbes.com. April 30, 2008.

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• Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Investment Success, Enemy

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2004.

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• The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones, and the age of oil won’t end because we run out of oil.

  Ahmed Zaki Yamani

  Age, Stones, Ends

  "The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment" by Bevis Longstreth, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 2014.

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• Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

  Warren Buffett

  Player, Bridges, Tough

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• Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology.

  Rosa DeLauro

  Believe, Commitment, Technology

  "Democrats' Radio Response". www.foxnews.com. October 08, 2005.

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• The entire pursuit of value investing requires you to see where the crowd is wrong so that you can profit from their misperceptions.

  Guy Spier

  Crowds, Misperception, Profit

  Guy Spier (2014). “The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment”, p.28, Palgrave Macmillan

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• In reality, no one knows what the market will do; trying to predict it is a waste of time, and investing based upon that prediction is a speculative undertaking.

  Seth Klarman

  Reality, Trying, Waste

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