Finance proverbs

Page 4

◆ One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

- William Feather99

◆ It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

- Henry Ford99

◆ Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

- Benjamin Franklin99

◆ Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

- Epictetus99

◆ I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.

- Dave Ramsey99

◆ About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

- Herbert Hoover99

◆ A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

- William Feather99

◆ Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

- John Kenneth Galbraith99

◆ In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

- Alan Greenspan98

◆ When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially in the financial service industry and among people that have access to these funds, mostly well-to-do people. It does not go to the worker.

- Marc Faber98

◆ Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

- John Kenneth Galbraith98

◆ Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.

- Alan Greenspan98

◆ Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

- Greer Garson98

◆ FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the I long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

- Ambrose Bierce98

◆ Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.

- Jerry Stiller98