Financial Philosophers Pillows

'We blame all our accounting problems on our computers--so we're upgrading to a model with an 'ethics' component.'

Wall St. or True Love.

'I've just had a terrible nightmare that we were living sensibly, within our budget!'

'Love gets the credit, but business makes the world go round.'

"As a nation, we may be spending our children's money, but at my house it's the other way around."

This meek will inherit the earth thing --- Will it be a structured settlement or a lump-sum payment?

'I sculpt what I see, Miss Delsey.'

'Two can live as cheaply as one, but I refuse to live with a cheapskate.'

"So the only way to save the economy is to spend what we haven't got - plus ca change - moin ca change!"

"No I can't imagine, but I can dream!"

'You and your tax-avoidance schemes!'

'A fool and his money soon part' and other sage bits of advice - insert $1000.

"I'd feel a lot better if I had $41,568,946 in my checking account."

Economic Crisis

'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.'

'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?

'My ambition used to drive the economy. Now it drives my Mercedes.'

US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

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

Tempest in a Teapot

'. . .actually I'm not a real Guru, I was forced up here originally by the property prices.'

Money god

"Money is life's report card."

'We need people who dream the impossible dreams - like pensions and health care.'

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

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

Economic Downturns

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

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

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