Karl Kraus Quotes

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Youth should be a savings bank.

Thrift is of great revenue.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

You need to live life to be able to have something to draw from.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

It's so much more interesting having life under your belt.

All the lessons I learned from my grandfather from the day I was born until the day he passed away served me well, and I think about them and use them every day. It was much more valuable than any business school could have provided.

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

I think you never leave what you learn.

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

Everything is a learning experience.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my age.

The best university is the university of life.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.