Assets Quotes - Page 27

• When you can identify a specific tax that people don't like, and this is one that was designed for the Rockefellers, for the Carnegies in 1916, to fund World War I, but now it's beginning to hit small business people, real estate holders, a lot of people well down the income scale who just spent a life building assets. Suddenly they get hit with a 40%, 50% tax rate.

  Paul Gigot

  Real, War, People

  Estate Tax Debate, www.pbs.org. June 08, 2000.

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• It may seem daunting, but I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before, we have more knowledge, and there are solutions if we work together. Today's technology is a great asset in encouraging global cooperation and understanding.

  Desmond Tutu

  Technology, Understanding, Together

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I want to build a bridge to the 21st century in which we create a strong and growing economy to preserve the legacy of opportunity for the next generation by balancing our budget in a way that protects our values and ensuring that every family will be able to own and protect the value of their most important asset, their home.

  William J. Clinton

  Strong, Home, Opportunity

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1411, Best Books on

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• More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.

  Akio Morita

  Real, People, Trying

  "The Book of Management Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Managers" edited by Peter Krass, (p. 235), 2000.

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• We believe in a strong dollar. Chinese financial assets are very safe.

  Timothy Geithner

  Strong, Believe, Chinese

  "Geithner backs strong dlr, says China's assets safe", www.reuters.com. June 1, 2009.

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• When Ralph Goodale tried to tax Income Trusts they showed us where they stood, they showed us their attitude towards raiding Seniors hard earned assets and a Conservative government will never allow either of these parties to get away with that.

  Stephen Harper

  Senior, Attitude, Party

  YouTube Chanel "TubeMe6969"/ "Stephen Harper Income Trust Promise", www.youtube.com. November 2, 2006.

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• Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.

  Aga Khan IV

  Successful, Unique, Doubt

  "Canada: 'A Model for the World'". The Globe and Mail, February 02, 2002.

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• Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.

  Aga Khan IV

  Pluralism Is, Progress, Development

  Speech at the Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens, New Delhi, India, www.akdn.org. April 15, 2003.

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• The value of assets often increases exponentially while the value of your labor only increases incrementally.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Financial, Increase, Labor

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• People with low financial literacy standards are often unable to take their ideas and create assets out of them.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Ideas, People, Financial

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• My rich dad taught me to focus on passive income and spend my time acquiring the assets that provide passive or long term residual income...passive income from capital gains, dividends, residual income from business, rental income from real estate, and royalties.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Dad, Real, Long

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• On average, 90 percent of the variability of returns and 100 percent of the absolute level of return is explained by asset allocation.

  Roger G. Ibbotson

  Average, Investing, Levels

  "Does Asset Allocation Policy Explain 40%, 90% or 100% of Performance?". Study by Roger G. Ibbotson and Paul D. Kaplan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1998, revised April 1999.

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• Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, two chairs, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then there was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe – the only lady private detective in Botswana – brewed redbush tea. And three mugs – one for herself, one for her secretary, and one for the client. What else does a detective agency really need? Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma Ramotswe had in abundance. No inventory would ever include those, of course.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Mma, Two, White

  Alexander McCall Smith (2008). “The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American.

  Grover Norquist

  Country, Successful, Voice

  "GROVER NORQUIST: Immigration Reform Is A No-Brainer For The Economy". www.businessinsider.com. April 25, 2013.

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• Stocks are at an all-time high today. I don't have any money in the stock market. I don't have the stomach for the ups and downs. So about 20 years ago I put all of my money and liquid assets into videotape rewind machines.

  David Letterman

  Years, Machines, Today

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• I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year.

  Tony Adams

  Hard Work, Intelligent, Player

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• Every liability is just an asset in hiding.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Hiding, Liability

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• His lie ability is an asset

  Alec Sulkin

  Funny, Lying, Ability

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• We were nearly one of the last to realize that in the age of
  information science the most expensive asset is knowledge.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Age, Information, Lasts

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• Trusting others puts us at risk. Yet failure to trust entails risk as well. The ability to navigate through this minefield successfully is one of life’s most valuable assets. DeSteno provides by far the best account of what science has learned about how we do this. The Truth About Trust is also a terrific read.

  Robert H. Frank

  Risk, Ability, Valuable

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• Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Pain, Two, Actors

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• This other war, the war upon destruction of natural assets is one that will never be finished. Our weakness in this vast war is largely ignorance, that most of our citizens do not realize what is going on under their very feet.

  Louis Bromfield

  War, Ignorance, Feet

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• Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.

  Harry Lorayne

  Animal, Men, Thinking

  Harry Lorayne (2005). “Secrets of Mind Power: Your Absolute, Quintessential, All You Wanted to Know, Complete Guide to Memory Mastery”, p.26, Frederick Fell Publishers

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• Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.

  Napoleon Hill

  Selfish, May, Matter

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “Your Magic Power to be Rich!”, p.351, Penguin

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• Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Ecosystems, Soil, Capacity

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