Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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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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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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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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Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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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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Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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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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When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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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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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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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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