If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
BERNARD BARUCHIf a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
BERNARD BARUCHThere is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
BERNARD BARUCHBears don’t live on Park Avenue.
BERNARD BARUCHIncreased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
BERNARD BARUCHIt is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
BERNARD BARUCHThose who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
BERNARD BARUCHMaking a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
BERNARD BARUCHA man can’t retire his experience.
BERNARD BARUCHKnowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot–or if you do not know how to improve on things–then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.
BERNARD BARUCHA 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.
BERNARD BARUCHLet us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCHOur problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCH“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.
BERNARD BARUCHThere are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
BERNARD BARUCHTo me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCHGovernment is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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