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Clint Eastwood39
actor and director from the United States 1930Related quotes
“If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.”
Jack Valenti (1921–2007) President of the MPAA
Statement to the Associated Press (November 2003), as quoted in "DVD-copy program tweaked after court order" at CNN.com (23 February 2004) http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/23/dvd.suit.ap/
Tim Cook (1960) American business executive
During the Q & A session after an earnings call http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/apples-chiefs-offhand-comment-spawns-internet-tribute/ (2012-04-24) <br class="br">Cook was asked about converging touch- and mouse-based operating systems into one product, like Microsoft's Windows 8.
“Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Interview in Forbes magazine (1 November 1974)
Context: Draw a circle around the businesses you understand and then eliminate those that fail to qualify on the basis of value, good management and limited exposure to hard times. … Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up. … People have been successful investors because they've stuck with successful companies. Sooner or later the market mirrors the business.
“Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.”
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.
Cato the Elder (-234–-149 BC) politician, writer and economist (0234-0149)
As quoted by Seneca (Epistles, 94)
“Not unlike the toaster, I control darkness.”
Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy
Source: You Suck
“Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want.”
Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician
“[I]f you want to live like a Norwegian, buy a plane ticket.”
Jim Geraghty (1975) American journalist
Ten Reasons We Can't, and Shouldn't, Be Nordic (2018)
Andrew Tobias (1947) American journalist
Source: The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982), Chapter 9, Too Much Insurance, p. 155.