Quotes about investments

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

— Honore De Balzac

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Our favorite holding period is forever.

— Warren Buffett

Spend not on hopes.

— George Herbert

It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.

— Chuck Hillis

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

— John Maynard Keynes

Tis money that begets money.

— English Proverb

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.

— Billy Rose

Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.

— Oliver Stone

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.

— Oscar Wilde