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.
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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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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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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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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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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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“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.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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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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