Quotes About Finance

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

We don't spend money properly in Washington, D.C. We jump these massive bills to massive bills.

I am actually not a big believer in buying properties.

You should always use your Nobel prize money to buy property.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property.

Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting.

When you get divorced, you have to go through this awful thing of listing everything you own. When you actually sit down and write the list, you realize that the only good investments are art and property.

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.

If there's one thing I wish I'd done differently it would be to have invested money in property.

I mainly believe in investing in property, creating a balance between property, equity and FDs.

There's a difference between buying a few places yourself and getting into the property game.

I'm a big believer in cash but I'd never buy a property with cash.

A good financial proposal doesn't mean you'll get to do a lot of things. There are times when you have to think about your career.

Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired in debt.

The FM proposed to set up a Credit Guarantee Fund to ensure better flow of funds to students.

The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.

All of the marketplaces like Prosper, LendingClub, etc., as they get larger, they flip from being retail capital to institutional capital.

You can't borrow your way to prosperity.

I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

Americans will always vote for prosperity.

Before I entered politics, I worked for more than 15 years in corporate finance in the City, where I saw for myself the value of foreign investment. Simply put, it is a catalyst for prosperity.