Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Sylvia Porter

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American economist Sylvia Porter.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.

American - Economist | June 18, 1913 - June 5, 1991

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I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

Sylvia Porter

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

Sylvia Porter

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden outburst.

Sylvia Porter

For millions, the retirement dream is in reality an economic nightmare. For millions, growing old today means growing poor, being sick, living in substandard housing, and having to scrimp merely to subsist.

Sylvia Porter

I had always assumed that people were interested in economic affairs, just as I was. My assumption was justified. The times caught up with me. I was ready. I was there.

Sylvia Porter

I've always been independent, and I don't see how it conflicts with femininity.

Sylvia Porter

In those days [1935] I would read what the opposition papers got out, and I'd say to myself, 'What I'm doing just isn't good enough.'

Sylvia Porter

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

Sylvia Porter

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security.

Sylvia Porter

I am not and should not be considered an economist.

Sylvia Porter

Money can be translated into the beauty of living.

Sylvia Porter

I worked up a daily fury about some economic injustice because there were so many of them.

Sylvia Porter

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

Sylvia Porter