Thursday, July 31, 2008

Everyone ... Selling Something: Robert Louis Stevenson

"Everyone lives by selling something." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Lack of Enterprise Makes Men Live Lives as Servants

"Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants." -- Henry David Thoreau

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Are We Buying Pleasure or Selling Ourselves to It?

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it." -- Benjamin Franklin

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Overcharging - Salesmen Know It Well: Wilde

"The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it." -- Oscar Wilde

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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Buy When Others Sell, Hold Until They're Buying

"Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing." -- J. Paul Getty

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