A man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
BILL BONNERYou can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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A man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
BILL BONNERGod determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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The world, then, no longer resembles the one that gave rise to the original insight. Soon, a person’s situation is so at odds with the world as it really is that a crisis develops, and he or she must seek a new metaphor for explanation and guidance.
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
BILL BONNERNeither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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So it’s a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what’s good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
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Now it is done by the central bankers and Treasury Secretaries themselves. They don’t apologize for it. They don’t hang their heads and contemplate blowing their brains out. Instead, they’re proud of it… announcing that they ‘saved civilization,’ or some such claptrap.
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If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
BILL BONNERIf you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
BILL BONNERDon’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
BILL BONNERA teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
BILL BONNERYes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
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The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn’t have on things he doesn’t need — we’re done for.
BILL BONNERThe entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn’t have on things he doesn’t need — we’re done for.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
BILL BONNERYou don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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