Money
Money is like muck - not good except it be spread. Sir Francis Bacon - English philosopher, politician and writer (1561-1626), from the essay "Of Seditions and Troubles" (1625), Quotations book 2015
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Joy for the future
Americans believe in the future and are prepared to invest in it. attributed to Ronald W. Reagan - American politician, 1981-89 40th president (1911-2004), ), colud not be verified by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
Matter of opinion
An optimist does not stand in the rain, he takes a shower under a cloud. wisdom
Rest in God
As water is restless until it reaches its level, so the soul has not peace until it rests in God. Sadhu Sundar Singh - Indian Himalaya traveller and Christian missionary (1888-1929), from "With and Without Christ" (1929)
Scientific truth
A great scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Max Planck - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1918 (1858-1947), from "Scientific Autobiography: And Other Papers" (pothumously 1948, Engl. 1950)
Love of money or love of duty
I was worth about over a million dollars when I was 23 and over ten million dollars when I was 24, and over a hundred million dollars when I was 25 and... it wasn't that important — because I never did it for the money. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), in the PBS Documentary "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires" (1996)
Market
[The stock] Market is there to serve you, not to guide you. Benjamin Graham - born as Benjamin Großbaum, American investor and inventor of systematic stocks analysis (1894-1976), quoted by Warren Buffett (American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, b. 1930) in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1987)
Liberté
Je n'ai jamais cru que la liberté de l'homme consistât à faire ce qu'il veut, mais bien à ne jamais faire ce qu'il ne veut pas. Jacques Rousseau - écrivain et philosophe français (1712-1778), de "Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire" (1782) I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants to do, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do. Jacques Rousseau -...
Imagination
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. wisdom, falsely attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)