Quotes About Investment

The reality of it is, we have to have an enormous amount of corporate support to fund 43 race teams and all the things that go on. So there are always going to be brands that may not be ones that you would choose, but that are willing to make a significant investment.

There is a fundamentalist belief by capitalists that capital will save the world, and it just isn't so.

The idea that commodities, as an asset class, is finished is just fundamentally flawed.

In big movies, interests are not aligned between those above the line and the financier, because above the line gets paid whether the movie works or not. The financier only makes money if the movie works, and that fundamentally sets up a contentious relationship.

Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.

It's definitely an interesting question: 'Do you need more funding to start a luxury business?' That's something I want to think about a little bit more.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.

We need to show why the government should be funding science and how that funding delivers.

If you're not funding female-founded firms, you're leaving behind half your talent.

As much as you own an old house and garden, it owns you. There's a continuum in progress.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

If everyone moved on and up and out who would teach the children?

With a 1:3 ratio, for example, after you win 1 trade, it will take at least 4 losing trades to make you lose overall.

I never enter any trade without correction

International Match debentures were quoted at $129, a high level for a security that would repay just $100 in eighteen years. The price was so high because of the conversion right. According to Berning "practically all debenture holders" had converted into common shares.15

Oh yes?" Chet retorted. "Hop over to the Bayport Soda Shop with me, and I'll show you what I'm investing in—a year's supply of the biggest banana splits you ever saw!

My money is in the hands of strangers.

In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there's only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you've ever had.

The Great American Outdoors Act is a significant opportunity to invest in our public lands, including treasures in the 11th District like the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and Morristown National Historical Park.

I will always choose the dollar bill carrying a wildly fluctuating discount rather than the dollar bill selling for a quite stable premium.

Leading the boom of 1838 were state governments, who, finding themselves with the unexpected windfall of a distributed surplus from the federal government, proceeded to spend the money wildly and borrow even more extravagantly on public works and other uneconomic forms of 'investment.'

SpaceX is very unusual. I don't know of any other startup where the founder put in $100 million of his own money before looking for any outside capital. They have wildly exceeded any reasonable expectations.

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

Laureate is a highly leveraged failing investment whose principal beneficiaries are Wall Street fat cats and billionaires - and William Jefferson Clinton.