Ross Perot Jr. Quotes

Doing ventures is great - I'm talking economics now - if you've got a rising market. It's wonderful. If I hadn't got HKT, I would have been just as happy. Because there's a price for everything. And to overpay for something is awful.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum.

I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and I got involved in all the investigations and all the prosecutions, and I felt it was better if I didn't make individual investments. So I'm invested in funds, but not in individual - not in individual stocks.

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate [on the Stock Market]: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.

Well, there's always risk in long-term investment.

Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going forward.

If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.

I'm not looking to double my money with one golden opportunity.

I've usually used the phrase 'stay the course' as one of the great rules of investment success.

Never put your savings in risky investments. Only disposable income should find its way there.

We talk about long-term patient investing, and that idea that slow and steady does win the race, that time can be your best friend when it comes to investing. That's why we have a turtle as a logo at Ariel.

Always invest for the long term.

You could lose hundreds or thousands one day on paper and gain it all back the next, and it has literally no effect on your immediate future, provided the money you have in the market is money you're investing for the long haul (meaning at least three to five years).

We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.

I have yet to take capital losses on any company. Then again, it's still early.

I know where I'm putting my money.

If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.