#speculation

Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming a little. ↗

— Fred Schwed Jr.

#investing #investment #speculation #stocks #where-are-the-customer-s-yachts

This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#fundraising #getting #had #into #jobs

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#even #financial #honesty #honesty is #merchant

It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or the facts that existed hidden in the normal cloud of endless speculation of what might happen. ↗

— Norm Coleman

#backwards #cloud #decisions #dishonest #endless

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt. ↗

— Denis Kearney

#city #corruption #county #debt #government

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#angry #astounding #disappointed #get #how

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#life #more #must #something #speculation

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#fine #good #nothing #speculation #subject

Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport. ↗

— Marc Anthony

#celebrity #like #speculation #watching

In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. ↗

— Roland Allen

#acts #any #apostles #arriving #behind