I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
BERNARD BARUCHOnly 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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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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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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Gold has worked down from Alexander’s time… When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
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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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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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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 terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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