John Paulson Quotes

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

Great investments may look crazy but really may not be.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

With a regular venture fund, you raise, let's say, a billion dollars, and then over the next three or four years, you've got to invest that money; otherwise, the people who invested with you will say, 'What are you doing? You're just collecting fees on our money.'

Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably, funds swell up with new investor money just before they revert to their long-term averages.

When you get into investing, your default stance should be 'No,' because most deals suck. Most deals won't make money. Most companies will fail.

Provided someone can persuade me, I will invest in anything.

We take dispassionate view of our investments. Does it mean that we are looking out to monetise the investment? That is not correct. But if we get an offer that we cannot refuse, as I say, then it is not that we are not, that we will still hold on to the investment.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

An investor doesn't have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha.

It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.

Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the basis of how the bullish or bearish aspects of the cycle were managed.

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.

There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash flows are supporting your investments.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

The Vanguard Experiment was designed to prove that mutual funds could operate independently, and do so in a manner that would directly benefit their shareholders.

My role has been limited to focus on fiduciary obligations to our investors as a general partner of our funds.

When you get world-class investment, you get world-class results.