Jason Burack

Investor, Entrepreneur, Financial Historian, Austrian School Economist & Contrarian

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My Favorite Quotes

 

  • The average man doesn’t wish to be told that it is a bull or bear market. What he desires is to be told specifically which particular stock to buy or sell. He wants to get something for nothing. He does not wish to work. He doesn’t even wish to have to think. -A famed Speculator
  • Winners never quit and quitters never win- Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich
  • You miss 100% of the shots you never take- Wayne Gretzky
  • In order to succeed, you cannot be afraid to fail- Michael Jordan
  • The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest- Albert Einstein
  • Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy- Warren Buffet (America’s greatest living Capitalist)
  • Baseball is a game that’s 90% physical and half mental-Yogi Berra
  • Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind-Dr. Seuss
  • Not all Virgins are angels, and not all angels are virgins- Not sure who originally said it….
  • Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness!- Not sure who originally said this one either, but I like it also…
  • If you wanna be the best, you gotta read more than the rest!- Me. I have never heard anyone say this exact phrase, so I am going to take credit for it :-)
  • A man becomes a man by all the shit he goes through- Jadakiss
  • Luck is where preparation meets opportunity- Old Chinese Proverb
  • Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step- Lao Tzu
  • Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.-Lao Tzu
  • The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination- Tommy Lasorda
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  • I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs- Thomas Jefferson
  • It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently- Warren Buffett
  • Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right! – Henry Ford
  • Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds- Albert Einstein
  • A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Our lives begin to die the day we become silent about things that matter- Martin Luther King Jr.
  • There is no such thing as a nonspeculative investment.… In a changing economy action always involves speculation. Investments may be good or bad, but they are always speculative- Mises
  • When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?- John Maynard Keynes (one of the few times I will ever agree with Lord Keynes!)

  • Well done is ALWAYS better than well said!- Benjamin Franklin

    • We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Sir Winston Churchill

  •  Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -George Santayana 

  • You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. -Abraham Lincoln
  • The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell. -John Templeton 
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  • Democracy is the worst form of government, except all others. – Winston Churchill
  • First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. And then you win- Gandhi