The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
BERNARD BARUCHThe ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
BERNARD BARUCHAnything 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 BARUCHWhatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
BERNARD BARUCHBe quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
BERNARD BARUCHWhen 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.
BERNARD BARUCHLearn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
BERNARD BARUCHThe essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
BERNARD BARUCHThe 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
BERNARD BARUCHAgriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer.
BERNARD BARUCHCreativity: 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.
BERNARD BARUCHA speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
BERNARD BARUCHThere are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
BERNARD BARUCHOld books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
BERNARD BARUCHA man can’t retire his experience.
BERNARD BARUCHThose who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
BERNARD BARUCHWe did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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