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Financier Inspirational Quotes (5517)

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I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if it's really new, it's probably illegal or dangerous or unhealthy.
Felix Rohatyn
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Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using accounting for fraud and folly is a disgrace. In a democracy, it often takes a scandal to trigger reform. Enron was the most obvious example of a business culture gone wrong in a long, long time.
Charlie Munger
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I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.
George W. Bush
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There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.
Steve Jobs
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The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.
George W. Bush
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There ought to be limits to freedom.
George W. Bush
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I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to our troops to make sure that they're well paid, well trained, well equipped.
George W. Bush
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Im a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. Theres a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane.
George W. Bush
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Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.
Robert Kiyosaki
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Failure is part of the process of success.
Robert Kiyosaki
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... No one is less happy than I am with the performance of Microsoft stock! I've lost tens of billions of dollars this year - if you check, you'll see that's more than most people make in a lifetime!
Bill Gates
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I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.
Bill Gates
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I've been studying how quickly we can get energy out to the poor countries - a lot of which are in Africa - and how little progress we've made there. There's no more electricity today in sub-Saharan Africa per person than there was 20 years ago.
Bill Gates
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Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
Howard Hughes
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If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you're enumerate, you're going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don't have to know any higher math.
Charlie Munger
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Over the years I have found that many of the richest people in the world began their lives with the habit of tithing.
Robert Kiyosaki
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There is perhaps no specific time that is necessarily right to start your company or start your life. But some times and some moments seem more auspicious than others. Now is such a moment. If we don’t take charge and usher in the future - if you don’t take charge of your life - there is the sense that no one else will.
Peter Thiel
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Customer service will become the primary value added function of every business.
Bill Gates
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Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.
George W. Bush
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
Charlie Munger
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When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
Bill Gates
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When you sell options, you get paid for assuming risk. That can be a profitable business, but it does not mix well with the risks inherent in a leveraged portfolio.
George Soros
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We don't like trading agony for money
Charlie Munger
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When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
George W. Bush
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