Robert Redford Quotes

In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.

Trust me: I know a good investment when I see one.

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience.

Invest your money safely. Avoid the risky lure of spectacular returns; go for an investment that cannot lose its value. This is why I have put all my spare cash into buying not shares, but thousands of penny chews.

[My wife] has some investments and stuff.

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.

I know where I'm putting my money.

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

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

We aren't going to let our first investment be the best.

I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.

A constant in my approach to investing: You should think politically but unconventionally.

I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.

I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.

I buy things that are good properties that I'm going to have forever. I just don't have any intention to sell anything. I believe you acquire good assets and you keep them and operate them.

The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes.

I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. I'm a financial success!

I might make an investment and lose some money, but that's something I can recover from.

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.