We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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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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Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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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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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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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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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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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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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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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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