The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
BERNARD BARUCHThe stock market is people.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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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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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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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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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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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
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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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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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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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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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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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