Quotes of Broker - somelinesforyou

“ A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas. ”

- Claude D. Pepper

“ Regarded as a means, (the businessman) is tolerable; as an end, he is not so satisfactory. ”

- John Maynard Keynes

“ I went looking for a rock star and I left seeing a savvy, committed businessman. I don't think anybody that I know works as hard as Jon Bon Jovi. ”

- David Baker

“ Every businessman over 50 should have a daily nap and nip-a short nap after lunch and a relaxing highball before dinner. ”

- Sara Murray Jordan

“ He was the most successful businessman of our generation. ”

- Rupert Murdoch

“ The way I look at it, it's not enough to be talented; you have to reach deep down within yourself and make that extra effort that will put you over the top. ”

- Niesha Butler

“ My message to businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop them catching AIDS, and that is the wife. ”

- Edwina Currie

“ It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. ”

- George Soros

“ Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. ”

- Malcom Forbes

“ Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ Shawn was a great musician but a poor businessman. ”

- Diane Lane

“ I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. ”

- Mother Jones

“ We are all mediators, translators. ”

- Jacques Derrida

“ Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer. ”

- Jim Bakker

“ My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.". ”

- Jim Fox

“ My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business. ”

- Richard Branson

“ Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion. ”

- Robert Caro

“ David Murray is a great businessman but knows nothing about football. If he did, he'd have sacked McLeish long ago. ”

- John Sloan

“ There's no way you can compare a modest contribution from a so-called Hong Kong businessman with China trying to influence U.S. foreign policy and the sale of the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House. ”

- Jack Kemp

“ I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. ”

- Geoffrey Beene

“ Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? ”

- George Carlin

“ I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. ”

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

“ A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. ”

- Paul Valery

“ Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill. ”

- Edward Abbey

“ Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher. ”

- Jim Bouton
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