Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESIt is the long-term investor, who will in practice come in for the most criticism… For it is the essence of his behavior that he should be eccentric, unconventional, and rash in the eyes of average opinion.
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What an extraordinary episode in the economic progress of man that age was which came to an end in August, 1914!
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Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.
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To our generation Einstein has been made to become a double symbol – a symbol of the mind travelling in the cold regions of space, and a symbol of the brave and generous outcast, pure in heart and cheerful of spirit.
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All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
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It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.
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If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
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Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
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The Economic Problem, the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.
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Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method of investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes.
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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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Gold is a relic from a time when government’s were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
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A speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of which he is unaware.
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