When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
BERNARD BARUCHNever answer a critic, unless he’s right.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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.
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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.
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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 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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Financial storm definitely passed.
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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
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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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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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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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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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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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Government 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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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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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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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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Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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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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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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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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Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
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A 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.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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