Speculation
» “A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.”
– Bernard M. Baruch
» ”Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of ‘’speculation”; but which ought to be called Gambling.”
– William Cobbett
» ”The narrower the mind, the broader the statement.”
– Ted Cook
» ”I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty.”
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
» ”Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.”
– Henry Ford
» ”If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.”
– William Hazlitt
» ”If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises.”
– F. W. Hirst
» ”When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.”
– Samuel Johnson
» ”What most people don’t seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.”
– Margaret Mitchell
» ”There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.”
– Mark Twain
