Occupation: Financier Birth: August 19, 1870 Death: June 20, 1965
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure..
Become more humble as the market goes your way..
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am..
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or ….
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace..
We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time..
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking..
We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of th….
Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees..
Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock..
America has never forgotten - and never will forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path....
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war..
When the outlook is steeped in pessimism, I remind myself, "Two and two still make four, and you can't keep humankind down for long.".
I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis….
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed..
Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation... Let us not deceive ourselves: we ….
Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a bo….
Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race. Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fo….
Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ….
No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won't let him..
A man can't retire his experience..