If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
BERNARD BARUCHVote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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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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Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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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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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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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament – disarmament follows peace.
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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