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Most of the time we are punished if we go against the trend. Only at an inflection point are we rewarded.
George Sorosborn 1930Soros on Soros (1995)
- Risk
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality — but reality as distorted by a misconception.
George Sorosborn 1930BuzzFlash interview (2004)
- Economics
“Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!”
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894Treasure Island (1883), Part Two: The Sea-cook, Chapter XIn context
- Animals
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Letter to Miss Vanhomrigh (August 12, 1720)
- Clever Jabs
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
PSPublilius Syrus101–101 BCSentences, Maxim 108
- Honor
I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XLIIn context
- Comedy
- Virtue
Pennies don’t fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet (12 November 1979)
Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013TV interview for Thames TV This Week (5 February 1976)
- Government
The record is clear, printing money doesn’t create jobs, it only creates more inflation.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Speech to Conservative Trade Unionists (Annual Conference) (1 November 1980)
- Economics
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862
- Life & Death
None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854)In context
- Wisdom
The rich man… is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Civil Disobedience (1849)
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), p. 18In context
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal (11 March 1856)
- Happiness
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), Economy (2 of 3)In context
- Happiness