Never follow the crowd.
BERNARD BARUCHThe ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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Don’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England
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Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
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Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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