Quote #26

It will fluctuate ...when asked what the market would do. Widely attributed to Baruch, this quote actually originated with J. P. Morgan.

More from Bernard Baruch

  1. I am a speculator. The word comes from the Latin speculari, which means 'observe.' I observe.
  2. Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it.
  3. We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
  4. We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
  5. The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
  6. In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
  7. If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right. If you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.
  8. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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