Quotes About Investment

The moment I write out a cheque, it's an asset I have written off.

Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'

The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

The Chinese are saving like mad, but they are not getting a very good return on their savings.

The Chinese government does not like people betting against the yuan.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

Belarus is not a superpower, but we pay a lot of attention to sports.

China is doing lots of things right. It's investing in education and R&D, it's opening up, it's more cosmopolitan than it's ever been. I think it's very likely that China will continue to explode economically and certainly become a superpower.

On the artist side, we made a significant investment in very young artists from the very beginning of their careers and helped them become global superstars.

I endorsed supplements for about 15-20 years and made a lot of people a lot of money, so I figured I should do my own line and make my own money.

If you've got an industry where you've got massive investment, it doesn't matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.

Bharat Nirman was a development programme aimed at stepping up public investment and public-private partnerships in the construction of rural roads, drinking water supply, rural telecommunication, rural housing, and minor irrigation.

I invest in black-led startups not because of a sense of charity. I make those investments because of the basic principle of supply and demand and the reality that black entrepreneurs typically lack the network to have their deals become bid up and overvalued.

Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society?

You do need money to make a good demo; you do need a bit of financial support.

We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best investments that the society can possibly make. And yet we still don't have public support for things like preschools.

Some will say it isn't the government's job to manage who people meet and interact with, but there is clearly a lot it can and should do. It should offer communities much more support to manage demographic and cultural change, including investment in public services and additional housing stock in our migration hotspots.

Fundamental science that may not achieve results must be supported at the state level.

When it goes bad, you know supporters will be angry at players who were bought for most money.

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.

We worked personally with a lot of great VCs. They just work incredibly hard at supporting entrepreneurs and their companies.

Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.