Quotes About Investment

Benjamin Franklin

He who empties his purse into his mind, shall never go bankrupt.

I experienced, too, the truth of the observation, "that after getting the first hundred pound, it is more easy to get the second," money itself being of a prolific nature.

What vast additions to the Conveniences and Comforts of Living might Mankind have acquired, if the Money spent in Wars had been employ'd in Works of public utility!

an investment in education gives the best returns

For 6£ a year you may have use of 100£, if you are a man of known prudence and honesty. He that spends a groat a-day idly, spends idly above 6£ a year, which is the price of using 100£.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

If you empty your purse into your head, no one can take it away from you. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest

To be an investor you must be a believer in a better tomorrow.

plant trees that other men will sit under.

you must thoroughly analyze a company, and the soundness of its underlying businesses, before you buy its stock; you must deliberately protect yourself against serious losses; you must aspire to "adequate," not extraordinary, performance.

A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.

If the reason people invest is to make money, then in seeking advice they are asking others to tell them how to make money. That idea has some element of naïveté.

A lawyer starts life giving 500 worth of law for 5 and ends giving 5 worth for 500.

I am a great believer that the risk should reflect the reward.

If there is any action that punishes imports to the North American market and encourages U.S. exports, you have to reflect it in a mirror action to counteract the change of incentives that this would make for activity and investment in Mexico.

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.

In medicine, we spend billions each year on doing and a fraction of that amount on listening and reflecting.

I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.

In my view, until the U.S. tax policy is revised, not just tax extenders but the reform of tax policy, it makes it very attractive for us to invest on acquisition overseas.

A lack of reform - particularly in international tax - has hurt our ability to compete in a global economy by keeping U.S. corporate cash overseas and reducing domestic investment, slowing economic growth.

We need to enact comprehensive immigration reform, to bring people out of the shadows and empower them to more fully and freely participate in their communities and the economy. And we need to invest in our nation's deteriorating infrastructure - investments that would create jobs and benefit all sectors of the economy.

Only when we have economic growth can we push through fiscal reform.