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.
BERNARD BARUCHThe terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
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Society can progress if men’s labors show a profit – if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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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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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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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Never follow the crowd.
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
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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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You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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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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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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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.
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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The 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
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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