Johann Rupert Quotes

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

They all overvalued the importance of stability.

I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite.

I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.

This mandate that I seek is about continuity and sustainability against disruption and stagnation, about moving forward versus regressing. We have to safeguard what we have already achieved. We cannot put at risk what we have; we cannot gamble away our future.

We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.

I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

But I think it's important that things endure.

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

If we want everything to remain as it is, it will be necessary for everything to change.

We want traditional change—not transformational change.

The perils of change are so great the promise of the most hopeful theories is so often deceptive, that it is frequently the wiser part to uphold the existing state of things, if it can be done, even though, in point of argument, it should be utterly indefensible.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone, you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone, you leave it to a torrent of change.

The world moves fast, but change isn't always a good thing when you got it right the first time around.

I'm waiting for the candidate who says, 'I'm keeping things exactly the way they are. I like it this way.'

I am the most conservative person you will ever come across, and that's because I'm good at reducing risks while leaving the potential rewards high.

You want to harbor your resources and try not to make a mistake.

I think we stick with what we know.

Ever since September 11, I've been quite conservative in what we've ordered. We've never really been supply-demand anyway.

I'm a simple man; I like to stick to what I know.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

I always say investors invest in lines, not dots.