We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
BERNARD BARUCHScience has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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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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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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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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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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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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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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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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