In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

I made my money by selling too soon.

I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

All money is a matter of belief.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Money is the best rule of commerce.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking.

Watch your finances like a hawk.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.

The economy is a very sensitive organism.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

You don't want to have so much money going toward your mortgage every month that you can't enjoy life or take care of your other financial responsibilities.

The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.

We teach about how to drive in school, but not how to manage finances.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.

We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.

The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.