Quotes About Finance

As anyone who has started a company knows, it's pretty common not to see any income for months.

My dream is universal income, with a completely different fiscal system to finance it.

When people are able to live at home, they have more disposable income. That part is good for the economy.

I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you don't live the rest of your life off the money you make in boxing. You still have to create positive forms of income.

A tax is something people pay out of income.

There's a lot to be said for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.

I have not purposely gone out to try to avoid paying income tax.

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.

As we all know, the budget decisions which give rise to increased debt are what counts, and the debt is just a by-product of those budget decisions.

You can tax the rich to pay for current spending. You can even tax them very heavily. But when the rich look forward for decades and see nothing but increasing taxes, debts, and government control of their businesses and assets - they will leave.

The Fed's independence is critical.

Using his models, his computers look for moments when the short-term traders are moving opposite to the long-term investors-and then he bets that the imbalance will correct itself.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. This can't be done, except by liars.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

I made my money by selling too soon.

These same six banks control 95 percent of all derivatives and hold more than 40 percent of all bank deposits in the United States.

The Bible, and virtually every major religion on earth, has a term for this practice. It's called "usury." In The Divine Comedy, Dante reserved a special place in the seventh circle of hell for people who charged usurious interest rates.

In The Divine Comedy, Dante reserved a special place in the seventh circle of hell for people who charged usurious interest rates.

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?

The country's already got a two billion dollar debt. Say that over and see if you can sense it. Not millions . . . two billions. I doubt if the country'll ever take on a load like that again once it's settled.