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Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. read more
What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. It’s no more than that.
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of read more
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.
A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
