Finance Philosophy Buff Pillows

'As part of a new trend, financial bankruptcies have started to outpace moral bankruptcies.'

Wall Street: Be Greedy/Be Fearful

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

'As you can see by the pie chart, most of our expenses go to well, pie.'

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

Wall St. or True Love.

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

Economic Outlook Conference - 'Remember the seating is optimist, pessimist, optimist,...'

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

Flat tax - equal burden?

"He'll do anything to say in power."

'This is where I hang out until bullishness makes a comeback.'

Shareholders Meeting: 'Mr Kenny will now take friendly fire from the audience.'

'The bad news is that we lost a lot of money last quarter... The good news is that it was a record.'

Standard & Poor

Stockbroker and Psychotherapist: Money won't make you happy and therapy won't make you rich.

"Comparing our salaries with the workers' salaries makes me cry...with laughter!"

"Money is life's report card."

"Yes, I am interested in taking a fresh look at my holdings."

I brake for federal bailouts.

Economic Downturns

"And this right here was our weekend in the Hamptons."

Money god

"I was a stockbroker first, but when I realized how much time I spent praying, I figured, what the heck?"

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'...and the Nikkei closed down on the day.'

'I got a big refund on my income tax.'

Accountant Manqué

"Lucky for you, you died during a bear market."

"Stocks edged lower on the news there's more to life than the accumulation of material things..."

'If congress regulates obscene bonuses, isn't that a violation of the first amendment?'

'I think you need to reboot your fiscal compass.'