Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation read more

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry.

Give the laborer his wages before his perspiration be dry.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I read more

People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I still got paid.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.