Quotes About Finance

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Trade is the mother of money.

Money laundering's frowned upon." "A pity, as it comes out so crisp and clean.

bet's cash, electronic

In fact, Bush's tax cuts increased the amount of revenue collected by more than 30 percent from his first year as president to his last, just as Reagan's and Kennedy's tax cuts increased federal revenue after they were passed. As economist Thomas Sowell argued, "Obama knew then that tax rates and tax revenues do not automatically move in the same direction. In other words, he is lying when he talks as if tax rates and tax revenues move together.

it's not about being right; it's about making money.

I figured out that for every dollar I made trading, 30 percent was going to the government, 30 percent was going to support my planes, and 20 percent was going to support my real estate. So I finally decided to sell everything.

My goal on Wall Street was never to get rich but to stay in business. There's a big difference. If you're out of the business, you can never get rich. That's why you have to be especially cautious when you're trading a larger position size.

I am always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money.

I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.

The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

A penny saved is two pence clear.

The problem with interest rates are that you are not modeling a single number, you are modeling a whole term structure, so it is a sort of different type of problem.

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that.

Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous.

Having different types of stocks in your portfolio can enhance returns.

I've been charged with misappropriation of funds or misuse of two types of funds.

There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

We are not frou-frou creative types. We have done both sides of the business and are constantly asking ourselves, 'How are we going to pay for this?' But the criteria is that it must fit with our world.

Maturity transformation is a central part of the economic function of banks and many other types of financial intermediaries.

I remember the early days when every month I had to decide whether I should continue to lease a typewriter or if I could finally afford to buy it. Yes, that $12 a month really made a difference in our budget.