The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949 went directly to the private stockholders of the [Federal Reserve] banks.
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.
Our trend in the privatization process and gradual withdrawal of the state from certain assets remains unchanged.
When they say inflation is bad, deflation is good, what they mean is, more money for us 1% is good; we're all for asset price inflation, we're all for housing prices going up, and we're all for our stock and bonds prices going up. We're just against you workers getting more income.
[The U. S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time. So when Merrill Lynch sells a bunch of mortgage-related assets at 22 cents on the dollar like they did a month or so ago, the buyer goes - is going to make money, and he's going to make a lot more money if it happens to be an institution like the U. S. government which has very, very cheap borrowing costs.
I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.
Interest rates are to asset prices what gravity is to the apple. When there are low interest rates, there is a very low gravitational pull on asset prices.
No. It is not acceptable that the 6 largest financial institutions in this country have assets of almost 10 trillion dollars, and issue half of the mortgages and two-thirds of the credit cards. That is too much wealth and power in the hands of a few. If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today he'd tell us to 'break them up. ' And he'd be right. These huge banks must be broken up.
The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your own capabilities. And no one can do it for you. You must cultivate the habit of leadership effectiveness for yourself - and doing so will be the single best investment you will ever make.
Time is a corporate asset now. It belongs to the free market system. The present is harder to find. . . The future becomes insistent.
The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.
Attention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset.
If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.
His lie ability is an asset
The state has no wealth it hasn't stolen, and the state has no assets whatsoever, except those which individuals have created in the first place and the state has taken.
Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.
If fees consume more than 1% of your assets annually, you should probably shop for another adviser.
When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective. You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and therefore I learn my mistakes through others, and also my assets through others.
Time is one of my most valuable assets.