#finance

Instead of stocks investors should invest in blankets, that way they’ll at least have something to keep them warm after they’ve lost all their money when the company goes under. ↗

— Amy Summers

#brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #finance #funny

Many small businesses would rather face an angry barbarian horde than tackle their cash flow statement or price a new product. ↗

— Nicole Fende

#profit #small-business #business

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#banking #business #class-warfare #elections #finance

The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who roam financial markets ready to ally themselves to any warlord for a share of plunder. This is not the place to apply the latest management theory. ↗

— Satyajit Das

#businessman-as-warrior #finance #financial-markets #business

Not a single person has died of boredom reading this book. ↗

— Nicole Fende

#profit #rock-star #small-business #business

...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses. ↗

— Sheryl WuDunn

#money #small-business #women #business

Thou shalt not forget that money is only money and not character or fame. ↗

— Steven J. Lee

#inspirational #money #wealth #inspirational

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#basically #been #bonds #debt #domestic

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights. ↗

— Suze Orman

#comes #dark #going #i #lights

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

— Suze Orman

#about #big #financial #free #freedom