“I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
#151
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“I told him that his profit is made when you buy, not when you sell.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
Andy Rooney (1919–2011) writer, humorist, television personality
[Andy Rooney, w:Andy Rooney, 9, Twofers, Years of Minutes, 2003, PublicAffairs, 978-1586482114]
“Buying and selling is essentially antisocial.”
Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) American author and socialist
Source: Looking Backward, 2000-1887 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/lkbak10.txt (1888), Ch. 9.
“You're an awful little guy to be such a big thief.”
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American baseball player
Addressing Pittsburgh Pirates' right fielder Paul Waner between innings at Forbes Field on Thursday, May 23, 1935, just moments after having his extra base bid foiled by Waner's spectacular catch (and just 2 days before hitting the final three home runs of his major league career, including the first ever to clear Forbes Field's RF roof); as quoted in "Mirrors of Sport: The Babe" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UYhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IGkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1757%2C1439317&dq=after-victimized-awful-guy-such-big-thief by Havey Boyle, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 24, 1935), p. 18
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 12 “Springfield” (p. 250).
Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer
http://www.flixster.com/actor/leonardo-di-caprio/leonardo-dicaprio-quotes
“What good is the moon if you can't buy or sell it?”
Ivan Boesky (1937) American investor, white-collar criminal
Den of Thieves (1992), by John B. Stewart