Quotes with buying

  • Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
  • There is actually quite a lot of crossover between the quacks and drug companies. They use the same tricks and tactics to bamboozle people into buying their pills, but drug firms can afford to use slightly more sophisticated versions.
  • Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
  • The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example.
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  • Groucho Marx Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • Sir John Lubbock Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • John Ruskin A book worth reading is worth buying.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Calvin Coolidge After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
    The quotable Calvin Coolidge: sensible words for a new century (2001)
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Arthur Baer Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
    Arthur Baer
    American journalist and humorist (1886 - 1969)
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  • Bill Mumy Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Billy Mays Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you.
    Billy Mays
    American television direct-response advertisement salesperson (1958 - 2009)
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  • Barbara Corcoran Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Simone de Beauvoir Buying is a profound pleasure.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Joyce Brothers Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.
    Joyce Brothers
    American psychologist and columnist (1927 - 2013)
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  • Carolina Herrera Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Brendan Fraser George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?
    Brendan Fraser
    American and Canadian actor (1969 - )
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  • Bethany McLean Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
    Bethany McLean
    American journalist (1970 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Barbara Kruger I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • John Ruskin If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.
    Sesame and Lilies (1865)
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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