We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCHAmerica has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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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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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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Science 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.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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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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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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