Quotes About Finance

There were times when I didn't have enough money, I didn't have enough work, and I would panic.

The original goal for Papa John's was to make $50 grand a year and have $50 grand in the bank so I could get a date.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

When you inject capital into the parent, it may or may not benefit the subsidiary.

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

The fact is, Canada needs investment, particularly in infrastructure.

We are particularly poor at the open economy issues.

We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.

Over the years, many in the public have become numb to news of financial corruption, partly because too many of these stories involve banker-on-banker crime.

By lowering the barrier to create new digital currency applications, we'll see an explosion in the number of ideas tried. We'll invest in, partner with, or build a number of new applications in this space, including replacements for many of the services people use in finance 1.0.

The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes.

At the end of the day, VCs have to provide their limited partners with great returns, or they aren't going to be able to raise another fund.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

I'm big on this 'no budget, no pay.' I think that's important. Let's get right at the heart of the issue. Even when I was in the state legislature, the most important function we had was to pass the bloody budget.

I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes.

Not passing Obamacare won't bankrupt America; passing it will.

95% of penny stocks are junk. I show you how to find the other 5%, and do it all without bribes or vested interests. Just good quality companies.

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.

When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes to houses.

The more cash that builds up in the treasury, the greater the pressure to piss it away.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay off my American Express Bill" - Peter Ustinov, 1921-2004

Return on investment capital (ROIC) is the rate of return a business makes on the cash it invests in itself every year.