Top 1200 Financial Literacy Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved and maintained as an effect of some racial advantage. Rather it should be understood as an evolving process, governed by a dynamic of change, as both language and thought underwent transformational alteration caused by a transition from orality to literacy. The instrument of change is discerned to be the invention of the Greek alphabet, at a quite late stage in the history of developing cultures.

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.

If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

With affordable health care, women can have economic security and the peace of mind that they will not become a financial burden on their families.

It is a sad day for football when a player about to enter his prime moves for financial reasons and nothing else.

You have to say that we are again in a massive financial bubble in bonds, in equities, in [other] asset prices that have gone up dramatically.

People's financial situation has changed, and they surrender their cats all the time, because they're downsizing or moving to a property where they are not allowed to have pets.

Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.

When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive the blogosphere. It would drive the projects the kids do in school. So you wouldn't even need programs to try and stimulate curiosity. You wouldn't need programs to try to convince people that science literacy is good. Because they're going to want to participate on this epic adventure that we call space exploration.

There's no doubt that decisions made by the leading central banks do affect the global financial markets and, consequently, our situation.

I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I’ve had a lot of those. I’ve been broke before, and will be again.

Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.

I felt that the Fed had always been the agency that picked up the pieces when there was a financial crisis, and it was invented to do exactly that.

Liberty University will not lend its name or financial support to any student group that advances causes contrary to its mission.

I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history.

For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.

With private chains, you can have a completely known universe of transaction processors. That appeals to financial institutions that are wary of the bitcoin blockchain.

If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.

I have much more support than most women around this world, and I have the financial means to have a home and help with care and food.

We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.

The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married.

If President Barack Obama had not been in the White House, we would not have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today.

Equal protection under the law mandates that similarly situated criminal defendants be treated equally, regardless of financial means.

It must operate at a profit. You can't have any structure, especially not a long-term one, that does not have under it a firm financial foundation that can ensure its longevity.

I worked in finance for 14 years, and I loved it. But after the financial industry, I thought a lot about, 'Do I love what I'm doing?'

The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.

One of the lessons that I hope people will take out is the extreme dependence simply on the financial sector is really dangerous.

There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.

By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives.

The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.

Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn't have to worry about some squeaky-shoed librarian turning the lights off on you or gauging your literacy by reading the names on your book spines, and there wouldn't be a single other patron. The whole place would hum with a library's peace, filtering softly over you like white bars of light.

I believe that one's basic financial attitudes are - like a tendency toward fat knees - probably formed in utero, or, at the very latest, in cribbo.

But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.

And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets.

Too few people in my old field of financial services were ever brought to book for their part in the 2008 crash.

We have to learn to be allies to each other. We are in a deficit of financial and social capital, and TransTech aims to help trans people reverse that.

You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you'll get out of it is not a financial or a fame thing. It'll just be the pleasure of being an artist. And I'm cool with that.

We have been dealt a very weak hand by the financial market meltdown, bailouts, and recession. We can't act like it's a strong one.

Financial Aid Office (FAO) administrators are scrambling to educate students on repaying loans, but a disparity in knowledge persists.

We really must recover our financial performance and take Nintendo back into the position in the marketplace where it is well appreciated.

Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.

Appeasing Wall Street is to be expected from the GOP who do little to hide their true intentions and their defense of the wealthiest financial institutions and interests.

The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing, which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.

Fighting corruption by improving financial transparency may be one of the most effective ways of promoting liberty around the world.

Wills are trumped by legal titles to real estate or beneficiary designations on financial accounts, retirement plans and insurance policies.

Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

Taking one step, doing one thing every day that will get you closer to your own financial dream.

The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of the Second World War.

It was sort of a solution to financial problems when I was a little kid. I just kept doing it because it's fun to be on movie sets.

The reason why Absurdist plays take place in No Man's Land with only two characters is primarily financial.

Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

Since leaving DB, I have participated in many conferences and swish events that other financial institutions have held for their women's groups.