Thomas Peterffy Quotes

• Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Littles, Slippery Slope, Slopes

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• America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy.

  Thomas Peterffy

  America, People, Effort

  "Rich, worried and buying ad time". politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Country, Pride, Socialist Countries

  "If You Had Actually Grown Up In A Soviet Country, This Is What You Would Have Experienced" by Rob Wile, www.businessinsider.com. October 22, 2012.

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• I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Thinking, Great Future, Exchanging

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• The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Support, Rich, Poor

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• Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Jobs, Work, Creating

  "Obama vs. Romney: 5 hidden factors" by Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. October 29, 2010.

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• I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Basketball, Baseball, Talking

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• It seems like people don't learn from the past.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Past, People, Learn From The Past

  "If You Had Actually Grown Up In A Soviet Country, This Is What You Would Have Experienced" by Rob Wile, www.businessinsider.com. October 22, 2012.

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• Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Thinking, Computer, Traders

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• I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Lifetime, Taxes, Billions

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• My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Educational, School, America

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