Finance Quotes

1. "If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent" (Warren Buffett).
2. “Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.” (Warren Buffett)
3. “A man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one, and the real one.” (J.P. Morgan)
4. “I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.” (Ernest Hemingway)
5. “Quarterbacks shouldn’t leave the pocket, because that’s where the money is. Every politician knows this.” (Jarod Kintz, Sleepwalking is restercise)
6. “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations)
7. “For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
8. “The basic scam in the Internet age is pretty easy even for the financially illiterate to grasp. It was as if banks like Goldman were wrapping ribbons around watermelons, tossing them out fiftieth-story windows, and opening the phones for bids. In this game you were a winner only if you took your money out before the melon hit the pavement.”(Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America)
9. “Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we're gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, but because we must move forward or die. ” (Stanley Bing)
10. “You still could go to some industry or some university or the government and if you could persuade them you had something on the ball—why, then, they might put up the cash after cutting themselves in on just about all of the profits. And, naturally, they'd run the show because it was their money and all you had done was the sweating and the bleeding.” (Clifford D. Simak, All the Traps of Earth)
11. “The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who roam financial markets ready to ally themselves to any warlord for a share of plunder. This is not the place to apply the latest management theory.” (Satyajit Das, Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives) 
12. “When I feel sad, I try to think of someone else in the world who is suffering worse than me. Like someone in Seattle, who is hurting so bad financially that instead of a vente coffee at Starbucks every morning, they have to downsize to grande.” (Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE)
13. “I take my investment advice from my dentist, because he’s just as likely to lose me money as a financial advisor.” (Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible)
14. “Personal finances are like people’s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener. ” (Thomas Keneally, Searching for Schindler: A Memoir)
15.  “If money management isn't something you enjoy, consider my perspective. I look at managing my money as if it were a part-time job. The time you spend monitoring your finances will pay off. You can make real money by cutting expenses and earning more interest on savings and investments. I'd challenge you to find a part-time job where you could potentially earn as much money for just an hour or two of your time.” (Laura D. Adams, Money Girl's Smart Moves to Deal with Your Debt)