“Finance, like time, devours its own children.”
Money is a tool, but most of us have a more complicated relationship with it than that. These quotes cover saving, spending, investing, debt, and the surprisingly emotional decisions we make about something that is supposed to be rational.
“I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds.”
“Finance, like time, devours its own children.”
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
“I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.”
“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”
“We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.”
“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”
“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
“A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.”
“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.”
“My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.”
“Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.”
“We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.”
“Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame.”
“At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.”