Quotes About Finance

The most hated sort, and with the greatest reason, is usury, which makes a gain out of money itself, and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural.

exhaust the public revenues by giving pay for the performance of public duties; we must prevents the growth of a pauper

When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.

We bought the big white house, at last, by merely signing our names on a piece of paper. Mr. Gore and Mr. Andrews down at the bank arranged the financial transference with an almost invisible maneuver of figures on a card. When my husband asked if we could borrow our money right back again and use the house as security, everybody laughed.

She bought a budget-plan account book and made her budgets as exact as budgets are likely to be when they lack budgets.

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

People who want to make a million borrow a million first

In business, if you want to make money, you have to spend money. If you want to have a result, you have to make an investment.

Remember what I used to tel you when you were a little girl? 'A fool and her money soon part.' Current-day translation? Stop pissing away your assets at Bloomingdale's.

La vita reale non è veleggiare per Knightsbridge in taxi o scegliere valigie da mille sterline. No, questa è la vita reale. A casa in un minuscolo appartamento che puzza ancora di curry, una pila di lettere minacciose della banca che ti aspettano, e tu che non hai la minima idea di che fare al riguardo.

But here's the thing, if you're responsible for someone's money, you've got to be able to ask questions. Doesn't matter if you sound stupid.

You can Cut Back or you can Make More Money

If you mean business, then spend your money on the business, not on expensive meals.

If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way.

The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash substituting for deadly solar radiation.

Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner store and buy really cheap baseball style caps and wear those to school.

Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.

Those who spend all they earn always end in penury.

If your financial life is not in order, every other area of your life will be in disorder.

When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account...

A small profit it better than a big loss

So what have you learned in the last decade? JK: The most basic point is that the rate of change continues to go up in most places, in most industries, and in most sectors. As a result, the number of significant initiatives inside organizations has gone up. Initiatives in operations, marketing, sales, finance, anywhere. And that has big implications.