I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes. Edward Gibbon

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard). Edgar R. Fiedler

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. Edgar R. Fiedler

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers. Edgar R. Fiedler

If you have to forecast, forecast often. Edgar R. Fiedler

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. Herbert Hoover

It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. Charles A. Jaffe

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do. Charles A. Jaffe

The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years. Michael O'Donnell

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Laurence J. Peter

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it. Will Rogers

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. Will Rogers

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. Alvin Toffler

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. Ted Turner

Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions to scarecrows, learning from each other, making and taking responsibility for our decisions, and having fun as we skip down the yellow brick road of investing together! Lydia Vorsteveld

Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye. Anonymous

The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. Anonymous

Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered. Anonymous

...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at. Ludwig Von Mises