Buying Quotes

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

From a strictly economic point of view, buying gold in a major inflation and holding it probably presents the least risk of capital loss of any investment or speculation.

Wrigley is a great business, but that doesn't solve the problem. Buying great businesses at advantageous prices is very tough.

It took us months of buying all the Coke stock we could to accumulate $1 billion worth - equal to 7% of the company. It's very hard to accumulate major positions.

If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life is more than being shrewd in wealth accumulation.

[Donald Trump] hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians.

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.

I love fresh flowers for my home. I spend far too much money on them, buying them almost every day.

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Asking, "How much is it?" is THE BIGGEST buying signal. Telling me, "Your price is too high." is THE SECOND BIGGEST buying signal

Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.

I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.

Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.

Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

I think buying a home is the best investment that any individual can make

It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform.

I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.

Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.

In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally.

We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital.

One market paradigm that I take exception to is: Buy low and sell high. I believe far more money is made by buying high and selling at even higher prices.

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

I think the world is becoming more global. Because of economics, you have to feed the demographics that are buying your product.

Some sell their soul for the easy road. The devil's always buying. I can't count the ones I've known who fell right into line.

The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful.

So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!

The West has funded the war against itself by buying Arab oil. It is as simple and as tragic as that.

Scientists have found a way to keep middle-aged female mice from going through menopause. Now they're working on a way to keep middle-aged male mice from buying expensive sports cars.

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.

When even the analysts are bored, it's time to start buying.

Sometimes buying early on the way down looks like being wrong, but it isn't.

And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film.

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?

Even buying a swimsuit is super difficult. And then making one is even harder.

Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb!

I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing.

I'm buying things for people I don't even know. I'm like Willy Wonka, but more manipulative. Imagine if Willy Wonka had a devious goal.

Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler.

If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.

I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.

[the downfall of our political system is the] buying and selling of politicians...bribery. In the private sector, you're arrested for it. In the public sector, it's the norm.

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.