Quotes About Finance

owning capital is not a productive activity.

In the long run, the gold price has to go up in relation to paper money. There is no other way. To what price, that depends on the scale of the inflation - and we know that inflation will continue.

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster.

After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

The amount of money that a person has in his bank account is not determined by his starting capital but by his knowledge about money and his ability to manage it properly.

The way we make money as a group is that we don't pay a lot for anything, and most of the stocks we buy have low expectations.

Your money is like your willy, it only grows if you play with it

Once a person gains experience and a good reputation, it takes less and less money to create bigger and bigger investments.

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

Money is like manure, you don't have to spread it around, you can just sell it to Potash Corp as fertilizer.

A fool and his money are soon married.

I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad.

Money is a never-ending problem.

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Money is the best rule of commerce.

Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.

The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.

If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.

When you create a basic budget and stick to it, it will suddenly seem like you have more money.

Whatever will bring in the most money will happen.

Printing money is merely taxation in another form.