There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
BERNARD BARUCHOld books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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The stock market is people.
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We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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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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You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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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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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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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Anything 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.
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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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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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