Jim Rogers Quotes

If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.

... No one is less happy than I am with the performance of Microsoft stock! I've lost tens of billions of dollars this year - if you check, you'll see that's more than most people make in a lifetime!

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks.

One of my first investments was $100,000 in a Web-based calendar startup - and I lost every dollar.

I was so in debt by the end of 'Dust Devil,' having picked up the tab personally for the post-production of the movie, and having no way to recoup because I didn't own the rights to the movie. There was no way I could see any money back on it, so any money spent was just a dead loss.

It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.

My investments have been hurt.

Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.

I might make an investment and lose some money, but that's something I can recover from.

Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.

The government can’t guarantee that you should earn profit from your investments.

When I was young and foolish, and I had no money, I bought myself the carcass of a Jaguar E-Type. It was a rust bucket. I spent all my university savings trying to fix the car. I never did, and I finally sold it to recover at least part of my investment.

Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

There's no enjoyment to losing money.

Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss.

When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity.

I had a couple of investments that didn't go my way. That's why I laugh at guys who say, 'Oh, I'm going to open a clothing line. I'm going to start a restaurant.'

Running my fund in 2008 felt a little like being Noah. Noah builds his ark, and he puts his family on the ark, and off they go. So he and his family are safe, and everybody else is dying.