Bernard Baruch
Businessman
1870-08-19 – 1965-06-20
Bernard Baruch was an American financier and statesman who advised U.S. presidents in the 20th century.
Quotes by Bernard Baruch
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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Let us not be deceived-we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
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To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
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I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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