Finance Quotes
“Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.”
“At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.”
-- Martha Plimpton
“A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.”
-- Clarence Day
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
-- Henry Ford
“What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.”
-- James L. Buckley
“We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different.”
-- Jeffrey Sachs