Quotes About Finance

Wall St. Lays an Egg.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

I've come across studies that show a fascinating tendency of white-collar workers to inflate their work hours.' This applied particularly to those employed in what she calls 'white-collar sweatshops', the traditionally punishing arenas of finance and tech.

In most industries, a bad business goes bankrupt, but soccer clubs almost never do. No matter how much money they waste, someone will always bail them out. This is what is known in finance as "moral hazard": when you know you will be saved no matter how much money you lose, you are free to lose money.

Not many universities, opera houses, or aid agencies say no to sugar daddies. We think European soccer needs these people.

A club like Bayern Munich, which shuns debt, is in fact missing a trick. Bayern could easily borrow a few hundred million dollars to make itself invincible against human opposition on the long term.

Ryanair had managed to strike a deal on eleven Boeing 737 aircraft that were all ten years old and had to put down $20m from its own coffers as a one-third deposit on the finance lease. The rest was to be paid off over the next five years with bank loans from New York, leaving the airline with fairly modest cash reserves. Ryanair,

Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

In love, as in finance, only the rich can get credit.

Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing.

We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.

Nous autres banquiers nous sommes un peu comme les prêtres, Monseigneur. Vous confessez les âmes ; nous confessons les bourses, et sommes nous aussi tenus au secret.

Verstehst du, im Grunde sind doch die Mitarbeiter das Problem. Du zahlst, wenn du sie einstellst, du zahlst, wenn du sie rausschmeißt, und dazwischen muss du sie auch noch bezahlen.

Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you get how it worked? I don't, and anyone who says they do is full of shit.

To make war you need three things: one, money; two, money; and three, money.

Now you're in for it, Mr. Morris," Eliza warned proudly. "Mr. Hamilton loves to talk finance." Alex held up his glass to toast his wife. "To poor Mrs. Hamilton, who has heard me go on about this subject one too many times, I'm afraid.

Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?

To saddle the next generation with unimaginable debt is not only callous, it is morally reprehensible

I believe the logical approach would be to have each governmental agency and department trim its budget by 10 percent — with no exceptions. In each subsequent year, another 10 percent decrease would be required and would continue as long as necessary to bring the budget back into balance.

The Constitution is quite clear that the government has the right to tax in order to support its programs, but there is nothing in the Constitution to support redistribution of wealth.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.

The investment world nevertheless has enough liars, cheaters, and thieves to keep Satan's check-in clerks frantically busy for decades to come.