financial philosophy Quotes

The late 90s almost forced me to identify myself as a value investor, because I thought what everybody else was doing was insane.

In order to be a really good investor, you need to be a little bit of a philosopher as well.

If you're locked into a philosophy of nickels and dimes, then you have a pretty limited approach to life. I don't need a lot of money to live with dignity.

I never believed that one big bill is the way to go.

I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.

The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.

People look at me in many ways. They've said, 'The guy has no regard for money.' That is not true. I have had regard for money. It depends on who's saying that. Some people worship money as something you've got to have piled up in a big pile somewhere. I've only thought about money in one way, and that is to do something with it. I don't think there's a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it. I don't even want the dividends from the stock in the studio, because the government's going to take it away. I'd rather have that in (the company) working.

I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.

The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content with penury should be capable of teaching him also the uses of wealth.

My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little while, and it flows away. That's all I know about money. And I don't know, it flows and it's a river, but you can never, ever keep it. As an artist, I can't keep it. But hey, a man who dies with a cent in the bank is a foolish man. So I guess I'm going against the conservators. I'm a spendthrift.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.

Money is the wise man's religion.

The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.

My mother said, "Money is a great slave but a horrible master." It was her version of a French proverb.

I never weep over lost money, for I figure I'd rather go to the poorhouse once than go there every day.

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.