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.

There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.

There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry.

Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry.

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.

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, read more

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.