Must be bored I'm starting a new topic;-)

Thought this might be useful for newbies and lurkers who might need some confidence to Trade/Invest/Post/Comment/or let us know they are laughing;-))) or even alive;-)

Name of Writer/Poster and Quote would be helpful. TIA

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)



Jeroo - 21 Nov'03 - 19:08 - 8 of 112


"The origin of all wars is the pursuit of wealth, and we are forced to pursue wealth because we live in slavery to the cares of the body." Plato, Phaedo

"In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy." Ivan Illich (probably uttered when he missed out on *that* bargain)




Jeroo - 05 Dec'03 - 13:29 - 17 of 112


"I'd rather have thirty minutes of something wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special..." Steel Magnolias

"You get what you settle for..." Thelma & Louise


Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw.
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right. Wizard of Oz

tonyjackson - 15 Dec'03 - 18:44 - 24 of 112


From memory,I hope correctly -
"No man is under any obligation, moral or otherwise,so to arrange his relations to his business affairs as to enable the Inland Revenue to place the largest possible shovel into his stores". Lord Derby (long time ago ).Unfortunately,there have been further,less sporting, obiter dicta on the subject of tax avoision.(Draw aside the veil etc).


tonyjackson - 15 Dec'03 - 18:46 - 25 of 112


"Very often the most obvious move is the best move"
Tarrasch,World Chess Champion 1925 or so.


axdpc - 20 Dec'03 - 18:11 - 26 of 112



"Debt is the slavery of the free."
- Syrus

"Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt."
- Herbert Hoover

Plagiarise, plagiarise - let no-one's work escape your eyes (Francis Bacon) (i.e DYOR!)

axdpc - 05 Jul'04 - 10:08 - 86 of 114


"
The things that will destroy us are:
politics without principle;
pleasure without conscience;
wealth without work;
knowledge without character;
business without morality;
science without humanity;
and worship without sacrifice.
"
--Mahatma Gandhi

These days, continually befuddled by drink
I fail to satisfy the appetites of the soul
But seeing all behave like drunkards
How can I alone remain sober? (ancient Chinese poem 'on going to the tavern' xlated by Arthur Waley)

There's one thing that money can't buy ......... Poverty!

Men make plans............. and God just laughs !!

usually at me :-(

Or..... men make plans......... to do something and then go to the pub to plan it a bit more... and then forget all about it in the morning

here's a few old one's..

let the trend be ur friend

the market never lies

don't catch a falling knife

don't risk what u can't afford to lose

in the land of the blind the one eyed man (or woman) is the king! (in trading sense this is someone with insider info)

fool and his money are soon parted..


i think thats enough for today( this is not a quote ..just me shooting off to work!)

Patience is a virtue(PET investor). S

Re : all the above "if you tell the truth, sooner or later you are bound to be found out!"

zarif - 05 Dec'03 - 13:46 - 18 of 118


I measure what's going on, and I adapt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.
- - Martin Zweig - ;

"The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain"

'Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.'

I turned 1500 into 10,000 in four weeks now CMC is making my life hell.They will not allow me to place stop loss less than 30 points away. I only trade us stocks. Can you help me find a good spread bet firm for US stocks please.

acw-try search button and type in spreadbet.

city index and ig are even worse when it comes to spread.

ACW-READ THE HEADER

bonfield - 11 Oct'04 - 14:48 - 13 of 13


"Inheritance Tax is a voluntary tax paid by those whose distrust of their relatives is greater than their dislike of the Inland Revenue" (or words to that effect)

Denis Healey sometime in the 70's

Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me .... you can't live long
>>enough to make them all yourself. I've tried!!