Quotes About Finance

I always felt like if you get to a point where you've got enough money to invest in something real, you gotta invest in anything that's related to a natural resource because that's gonna be here forever - so you might as well invest in something that's gonna be here, rather than invest in something that's gonna wear out.

The narrative related to economics is, I think, very well understood even by the common man.

What I'm primarily responsible for is products. Everything is developed with my personal involvement. Second is client communication. Everything to do with product and consumer is my primary focus. I also deal with everything which relates to investment and partnership. Distribution, finance, administration, I don't do.

It's not that the regulator doesn't want the banking industry to grow. The growth of the industry has always been in relation to the GDP (gross domestic product) growth.

Everyone has the idea of owning good companies. The problem is that they have high prices in relations to assets and earnings, and that takes all of the fun out of the game.

For us in England, the relative value of the pound against the dollar, that has a huge impact on how easy it is to get our films made in the U.K.

To the extent the dollar gains strength relative to other currencies, assets priced in those other currencies would become cheaper on a dollar basis.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

I'd rather buy something that is relatively depressed than something that is relatively high.

I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.

Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.

I'd decided that the day I paid off all my debts, I would get married. Exactly two months later, I got hitched.

What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough to pay tax.

I might have companies, I might have buildings, I might have art. But money? No, I'm not holding that.

STG is a combination of a holding company and a private equity model.

I don't drive smart cars; I don't go on fancy holidays. All my money has gone on my kids' education.

Even after creating a budget and being more money conscience, it's still easy to overspend during the holidays.

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax.

I firmly believe that the U.S. has to honor its debt.

Connecticut would not be Connecticut if we cut $3.5 billion out of the budget. We are a strong, generous, hopeful people. We'd be taking $800 million out of education. You can't do that in this state.

If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.

Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals.